ブラウン管かん

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Meanings

noun

cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube

Technical term for the vacuum tube used in older televisions and monitors. Often abbreviated as CRT in English contexts.

ブラウン管かんのテレビはもうほとんど見みかけなくなった。
CRT televisions are now rarely seen.
この古ふるいモニターはブラウン管かんを使つかっている。
This old monitor uses a cathode-ray tube.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉にブラウン管かんを使つかうto use a CRT in (a device)
古ふるいテレビにはブラウン管かんが使つかわれている。
Old televisions use a cathode-ray tube.

Kanji

管pipe, tube, wind instrument

Related words

陰いん極きょく線せん管かん
陰極線管 is the more formal, fully technical term for the same device, while ブラウン管 is the common everyday name (named after Karl Braun).

Opposites

液えき晶しょう
ブラウン管 is the older, bulky vacuum-tube display technology, while 液晶 is the flat-panel liquid-crystal technology that replaced it.

Counted with

本ほんN5
book; volume; script · this; present; current; in question · main; head; principal · real; genuine; regular; proper · counter for long cylindrical objects; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

Built from

ブラウン+管かん

Etymology

From German 'Braunsche Röhre' (Braun tube), named after Karl Ferdinand Braun, who invented the cathode-ray tube in 1897. The Japanese term combines the katakana rendering of 'Braun' with 管 (tube).