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11Krasnikov tube — The Krasnikov Tube is a speculative mechanism for space travel involving the permanent warping of spacetime into superluminal tunnels.Origins and theorySerguei Krasnikov is a theoretical physicist at the Central Astronomical Observatory at… …
12Video camera tube — In older video cameras, before the mid to late 1980s, a video camera tube or pickup tube was used instead of a charge coupled device (CCD) for converting an optical image into an electrical signal. Several types were in use from the 1930s to the… …
13electron tube — an electronic device that consists, typically, of a sealed glass bulb containing two or more electrodes: used to generate, amplify, and rectify electric oscillations and alternating currents. Also called electronic tube. Cf. gas tube, vacuum tube …
14Vacuum tube — This article is about the electronic device. For experiments in an evacuated pipe, see free fall. For the transport system, see pneumatic tube. Modern vacuum tubes, mostly miniature style In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube (in North… …
15Cathode ray tube — Cutaway rendering of a color CRT: 1. Three Electron guns (for red, green, and blue phosphor dots) 2. Electron beams 3. Focusing coils 4. Deflection coils 5. Anode connection 6. Mask for separating beams for red,… …
16Pneumatic tube — Pneumatic tubes (or capsule pipelines; Lamson tubes) are systems in which cylindrical containers are propelled through a network of tubes by compressed air or by vacuum. They are used for transporting physical objects, solid objects, compared to… …
17Torque tube — A torque tube system is an automobile driveshaft technology, used in cars with a front engine and rear drive. It is not as widespread as the Hotchkiss drive, but is still occasionally used to this day. The torque that is referred to in the name… …
18Smarter Travel Sutton — is the first phase of Transport for London s Smarter Travel initiative aiming to ease congestion in London by enabling and encouraging people to substitute car journeys for more sustainable forms of transport, and to ensure that public transport… …
19The Tube (2003 TV series) — Infobox British television show name = The Tube size = caption = format = Documentary picture format = 4:3 (2003 2004) (16:9) (2005 2006) runtime = 25 mins creator = narrated = Jonathan Kydd channel = ITV London first aired = January 9 2003 last… …
20X-ray tube — n a vacuum tube in which a concentrated stream of electrons from a cathode strikes a metal target and produces X rays from the side of the tube at right angles in a quantity and intensity that is controlled by the cathode temperature and with a… …
