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Cathode ray   /kˈæθˌoʊd reɪ/   Listen
Cathode ray

noun
1.
A beam of electrons emitted by the cathode of an electrical discharge tube.






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"Cathode ray" Quotes from Famous Books



... been experimenting for a long time, and which was and had been the object of his labors and studies while in Europe. In the first decade of the century it had been generally supposed that the X ray, or cathode ray, had been developed and applied to the utmost extent of its capability. It was used in surgery and in mechanical arts, and in many varieties of scientific operations, but no considerable advance in its line of application had been recognized for a quarter of a century. But Roland Clewe had come ...
— The Great Stone of Sardis • Frank R. Stockton



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