"image tube" meaning in English

See image tube in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: image tubes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} image tube (plural image tubes)
  1. a photoelectric device for intensifying faint astronomical images
    Sense id: en-image_tube-en-noun-VChYZkIV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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