cathode ray

English

Noun

cathode ray (plural cathode rays)

1. (electricity) A ray consisting of a stream of electrons in a vacuum tube that are emitted by the cathode and accelerated towards the anode by an electric field.

   Synonyms: electron beam, e-beam

Derived terms

• cathode ray tube

Translations

ray consisting of a stream of electrons

Bulgarian: катоден лъч m (katoden lǎč) Chinese: Mandarin: 陰極射線 / 阴极射线 (yīnjí shèxiàn), 電子束 / 电子束 (zh) (diànzǐshù) Dutch: kathodestraal (nl) f German: Elektronenstrahl (de) m, Kathodenstrahl (de) m Swedish: katodstråle (sv) c Vietnamese: tia âm cực

Further reading

• cathode ray on Wikipedia.Wikipedia