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(Encyclopedia) CE5 Video transmission and reception of color and black-and-white television: The camera lens focuses collected light rays into mirrors, which separate the image into its three primary color compon...computer terminal
(Encyclopedia)computer terminal, a device that enables a computer to receive or deliver data. Computer terminals vary greatly depending on the format of the data they handle. For example, a simple early terminal co...tube
(Encyclopedia)tube, in electronics: see electron tube. ...Geissler tube
(Encyclopedia)Geissler tube gīsˈlər [key], gas discharge tube in which light is produced when an electric discharge passes through the rarefied gas in the tube. The color of the glow depends on the gas used. The...Eustachian tube
(Encyclopedia)Eustachian tube yo͞ostāˈshən [key] [for Bartolomeo Eustachi], a hollow structure of bone and cartilage extending from the middle ear to the rear of the throat, or pharynx, technically known as the...fallopian tube
(Encyclopedia)fallopian tube fəlōˈpēən [key], either of a pair of tubes extending from the uterus to the paired ovaries in the human female, also called oviducts, technically known as the uterine tube. At one ...gas tube
(Encyclopedia)gas tube: see electron tube.vacuum tube
(Encyclopedia)vacuum tube: see electron tube. ...turn and bank indicator
(Encyclopedia)turn and bank indicator, aircraft instrument containing one indicator to show turning, or rotation about the vertical axis, and another to show banking, or rotation about the longitudinal axis. The tw...Crookes tube
(Encyclopedia)Crookes tube, device invented by Sir William Crookes (c.1875) consisting essentially of a sealed glass tube from which nearly all the air has been removed and through the walls of which are passed two...Browse by Subject
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