Cathode Ray

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
CR
Pronunciation
/ˈkæˌθoʊd reɪ/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. And if I evacuate it, I have a cathode ray tube.
  2. Lead blended into the glass of cathode ray tubes, electronic components, and fluorescent tubes;
  3. In cathode ray tube display, the continuation of light emission from phosphor after excitation by the electron beam.
  4. In cathode ray tubes, the small area on the screen surface which is bombarded by the electron beam.
  5. So rather than calling this an electron beam, this was called a cathode ray.

Other meanings of CR