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陰極線管 (inkyokusenkan) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

陰いん極きょく線せん管かん

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Meanings

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cathode-ray tube; CRT

Technical term for the vacuum tube used in older televisions and oscilloscopes.

古ふるいテレビには陰いん極きょく線せん管かんが使つかわ

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Old televisions use a cathode-ray tube.

Kanji

陰shade, yin, negative
極extreme, pole, extremely
線line, track
管pipe, tube, wind instrument

Related words

ブラウン管かん
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).

Built from

陰いん極きょく線せん+管かん

Etymology

Compound of 陰極線 (cathode ray) and 管 (tube), a direct calque of the English term.