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  • 31Canada Water tube station — London stations name = Access icon manager = London Underground zone = 2 locale = Canada Water borough = Southwark start=1999 platforms= 2 tubeexits05=7.65 tubeexits07=8.949Canada Water tube station is a London Underground station at Canada Water …

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  • 32electron-ray tube — /i lek tron ray /, Electronics. a small cathode ray tube having a fluorescent screen on which the pattern varies with the voltage applied to the grid: used chiefly in radio receivers to indicate accuracy of tuning. Also called electric eye. * * * …

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  • 33Bulb of the eye — Bulb Bulb (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo s: cf. F. bulbe.] 1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and …

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  • 34bull's-eye — Lantern Lan tern (l[a^]n t[ e]rn), n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. lampth r light, torch. See {Lamp}.] 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn …

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  • 35In the wind's eye — Wind Wind (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr. ah ths a blast, gale, ah^nai to… …

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  • 36the eye of a needle — the hole in a needle, the opening for the thread    The hole in the tube was smaller than the eye of a needle …

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  • 37tubular eye — an elongate tube shaped eyeball with immense lens and large retina found in some bathypelagic fishes, e.g. Macropinna, Opisthoproctus, Argyropelecus, Odontostomus, Scopelarchus, Gigantura …

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  • 38electric eye — 1. photocell. 2. See electron ray tube. [1925 30] * * * …

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  • 39electric eye — photoelectric cell; miniature tube used to determine a condition (radio tuning, etc.) …

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  • 40magic eye — noun 1》 informal a photoelectric cell or similar electrical device used for detection or measurement. 2》 a small cathode ray tube in some radio receivers that displays a pattern which enables the radio to be accurately tuned …

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