1. a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen; [syn: kinescope, picture tube, television tube]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
picture tube
n 1: a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the
received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
[syn: kinescope, picture tube, television tube]