tube : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a small vacuum tube; used at high frequencies
  

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• noun either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum
  auditory tube.
  

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• noun a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat
  blowpipe; blowtube.
  
• noun a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing
  blowpipe; blowtube; blowgun.
  

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• noun an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
  goggle box; television; tv; tv set; television receiver; telly; idiot box; television set.
  
  • the British call a tv set a telly

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• noun a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons
  

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• noun either of the two main branches of the trachea
  bronchus.
  

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• the bronchi, or the bronchia.

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• noun the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
  floral cup; hypanthium.
  

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• . See the Note under Capillarity.

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• noun a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
  capillary tube; capillary.
  

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• a tube of very fine bore. See Capillary.

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• noun a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
  capillary tube; capillary.
  

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• noun a duct with cartilaginous walls
  

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• noun a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
  CRT.
  

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• noun a television tube that displays images in full color
  color TV tube; colour tube; color tube; color television tube; colour television tube.
  

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• noun a television tube that displays images in full color
  color TV tube; colour tube; color tube; color television tube; colour television tube.
  

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• noun a television tube that displays images in full color
  color TV tube; colour tube; color tube; color television tube; colour television tube.
  

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• noun a television tube that displays images in full color
  color TV tube; colour tube; color tube; color television tube; colour television tube.
  

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• noun a television tube that displays images in full color
  color TV tube; colour tube; color tube; color television tube; colour television tube.
  

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• noun a television tube that displays images in full color
  color TV tube; colour tube; color tube; color television tube; colour television tube.
  

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• noun a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events
  

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• noun the original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
  

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Crookes" tube`

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1. (Phys.) A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.

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• a strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.

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• noun tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
  digestive tract; alimentary tract; gastrointestinal tract; alimentary canal; GI tract.
  

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• . Same as Draught box, Draught engine, etc. See under Draught.

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• (Surg.), a tube introduced into a wound, etc., to draw off the discharges.

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• (Water Wheels), an airtight pipe extending downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located above it, to make whole fall available; called also draught box.

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• a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.

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• noun electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
  tube; electron tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; thermionic tube.
  

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• noun a catheter that is inserted into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to maintain an open air passage or to deliver oxygen or to permit the suctioning of mucus or to prevent aspiration of the stomach contents
  

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• noun either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum
  auditory tube.
  

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• (Anat.), a passage from the tympanum of the ear to the pharynx. See Ear.

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• noun either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
  oviduct; Fallopian tube.
  

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• (Steam Boilers), a tube which forms a flue.

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• (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a microscopic object in a fluid. fishing expedition (metaphorical usage). an investigation searching for evidence of wrongdoing, without specifying in advance the wrongdoing to be proven, and often with no evidence of such wrongdoing available at the outset of the investigation

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• (Phys.), a vacuum tube for Roentgen rays in which the cathode rays are focused upon the anticathode, for intensifying the effect.

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• a tube used for firing cannon by means of the friction of a roughened wire in the friction powder or composition with which the tube is filled

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• noun a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas
  

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• noun an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter
  Geiger tube.
  

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• noun an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter
  Geiger tube.
  

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Geis"sler tube`

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1. (Elec.) A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plücker tube, from the German physicist who devised it.

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• noun (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination
  

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• noun a gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a diode in a tube filled with gas; the color of the glow depends on the particular gas
  

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• noun an inflatable rubber tube that fits inside the casing of a pneumatic tire
  

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• noun a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation
  ionization chamber.
  

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• noun a measuring instrument used to measure the speed of sound
  

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• noun a tube inserted into the trachea through the nose and pharynx; used to deliver oxygen
  

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• noun a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube
  neon lamp; neon induction lamp.
  

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• noun a tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop
  

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• noun a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
  kinescope; picture tube.
  

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• noun measuring instrument consisting of a right-angled tube with an open end that is directed in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure the velocity of fluid flow
  Pitot.
  
• noun measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure; used in aircraft to measure airspeed
  Pitot head; Pitot tube.
  

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Pi*tot's" tube`

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1. (Hydraul.) A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter.

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• noun measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure; used in aircraft to measure airspeed
  Pitot head; Pitot tube.
  

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• . See Pneumatic dispatch, above.

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• noun (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower; it penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule
  

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• a slender tube which issues from the pollen grain on its contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, it is supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule.

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• a small pipe, filled with a combustible composition for firing cannon.

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• noun counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced
  proportional counter.
  

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• noun opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
  breech; rear of barrel.
  

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• noun a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
  rectifying valve; diode.
  

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• (Chem.), a tube to prevent explosion, or to control delivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the outer air; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding those reagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence.

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• a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zoöl.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zoöl.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate.

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• (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap.

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• (Anat.), the tubes which primarily open into the segmental duct, some of which become the urinary tubules of the adult.

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• noun tube formed by cells joined end-to-end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae
  

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• noun a tube for conveying the sound of a voice from one room to another
  

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• a tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance.

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• noun a measuring instrument used to measure static pressure in a stream of fluid
  

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• (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction into the stomach.

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• (Zoöl.), one of the external ambulacral tubes of an echinoderm, usually terminated by a sucker and used for locomotion. Called also sucker foot. See Spatangoid.

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• noun a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals
  television pickup tube.
  

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• noun a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
  kinescope; picture tube.
  

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• noun a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals
  television pickup tube.
  

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• noun glass tube closed at one end
  

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• . (Chem.) (a) A simple tube of thin glass, closed at one end, for heating solutions and for performing ordinary reactions. (b) A graduated tube.

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• noun a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus
  

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• noun electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
  tube; electron tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; thermionic tube.
  

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• noun electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
  tube; electron tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; thermionic tube.
  

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• a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid from a cask.

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• a fulgurite. See Fulgurite.

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• noun a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired
  

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• a glass tube thirty or more inches in length, open at the lower end and hermetically sealed at the upper, such as is used in the barometer.

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• noun a color television tube in which three primary colors are combined to give the full range of colors
  tricolor tube; tricolor television tube; tricolour television tube.
  

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• noun a color television tube in which three primary colors are combined to give the full range of colors
  tricolor tube; tricolor television tube; tricolour television tube.
  

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• noun a color television tube in which three primary colors are combined to give the full range of colors
  tricolor tube; tricolor television tube; tricolour television tube.
  

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• noun a color television tube in which three primary colors are combined to give the full range of colors
  tricolor tube; tricolor television tube; tricolour television tube.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Tubipore.

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• noun tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration
  

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• (Zoöl.), one of the ambulacral suckers of an echinoderm.

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• (Steam Boilers), a flue plate. See under Flue.

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• (Mil.), a pouch containing priming tubes.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of various species of spiders that construct tubelike webs. They belong to Tegenaria, Agelena, and allied genera.

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• noun a well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water
  driven well.
  

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• noun adjustable wrench for gripping and turning a pipe; has two serrated jaws that are adjusted to grip the pipe
  pipe wrench.
  

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• adjective satellite having a tubular nose
  

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Tube"-nosed` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds. (b) Belonging to the Tubinares.

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• noun any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
  tube-nosed bat; harpy bat; harpy.
  

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• noun any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
  tube-nosed bat; harpy bat; harpy.
  

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• adjective satellite constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
  tubelike; tubular; vasiform; cannular.
  

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• noun (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
  tube.
  

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Tube"-shell` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.

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• noun either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
  oviduct; Fallopian tube.
  

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• noun electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
  tube; electron tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; thermionic tube.
  

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• (Phys.), a glass tube provided with platinum electrodes and exhausted, for the passage of the electrical discharge; a Geissler tube. any tube used in electronic devices, containing a vacuum and used to control the flow of electrons in a circuit, as a vacuum diode, triode, or pentode, or a .

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• noun a short tube inserted into a pipeline and used to measure the quantity of a liquid that is flowing in the pipeline
  

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• (Anat.), the ventral cavity of a vertebrate, which contains the alimentary canal, as distinguished from the dorsal, or cerebro-spinal, canal.

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• (Anat.), the part of the air passages above the inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages through the nose and mouth.

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• (Steam Boilers), a tube containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases.

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• noun a vacuum tube containing a metal target onto which a beam of electrons is directed at high energy for the generation of X rays
  

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