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CRT

Definition: CRT

CRT

Noun

1. 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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: CRT

DomainDefinition

Computing

CRT cathode ray tube. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Aerospace

Cathode-ray tube.Abbreviation. (references)

Census

(Cathode-Ray Tube) A television like screen that can be used for entering data into or retrieving it from the computer. (references)

Space

Cathode ray tube video display device. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: CRT

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The initialism CRT has more than one use:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "CRT."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: CRT

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CRT

EnglishCell residence timeN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: CRT

Synonym: cathode-ray tube (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: CRT

English words defined with "CRT": monitor, monitoring devicepel, picture element, pixelraster. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CRT": cathode ray tube, cathode ray tube projector, colour palette, COMPUTERIZED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL INSTALLER, crt polarizing filters, CRT projectorDigital to Analog Converter, dot pitchE-beam, EDDY-CURRENT INSPECTOR, electron-beamKom-90line composer, line composing machinememory-mapped video, modem eliminatorNONDESTRUCTIVE TESTER, null modemraster burn, refreshed cathode ray tube, refreshed CRTterminal illness, TLAs, touch screen, touch-sensitive display unitULTRASONIC TESTERVisual Display Unit, VT100. (references)

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Commercial Usage: CRT

DomainTitle

References

  • Celular CRT Participacoes SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Adv Doc Crs, Prfctoff 3 F/Wn: : Nps of CRT (reference)

  • Advanced Skills, Quattro Pro F/Wn: : Off CRT Cur (reference)

  • Crt Typesetting Handbook (reference)

  • Hndbk Slct CRT Case-West Bus & Prsnl Law (reference)

  • Image Performance in Crt Displays (Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CRT

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Since early 1999, conventional desktop PC's with flat panel displays have been particularly popular, even though prices are relatively high compared to PC's with regular CRT display monitors. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: CRT

"CRT" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 53.33% of the time. "CRT" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)53.33%8124,375
Noun (singular)26.67%4175,879
Noun (common)20%3202,518
                    Total100.00%15N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: CRT

CountryName
Brazil

Celular CRT Participacoes SA

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: CRT

Expressions using "CRT": CRT display with multicolour display crt polarizing filters CRT projector CRT screen refreshed CRT. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CRT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

crt

521

crt recycling

8

crt monitor

226

crt review

7

secure crt

165

crt shielding

7

crt projector

80

crt repair

7

lcd vs crt

32

crt telnet

7

crt paragon

31

crt touch monitor

7

crt trinitron

31

crt problem

7

crt monitor review

19

tv crt

7

crt lens

15

4.0 crt

7

crt tube

15

used crt projector

7

replacement crt

13

crt recycler.com

7

19 crt monitor

13

crt meter

6

contact crt lens

13

crt magnetic shielding

6

17 crt monitor

12

crt material shielding

6

21 crt monitor

9

crt lcd monitor vs

6

crt shield

9

contact crt

6

lcd crt

9

flat screen crt

6

crt display

9

computer crt monitor

6

sony crt

8

cost crt lcd ownership vs

5

sony crt monitor

8

crt disposal

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CRT

Language Translations for "CRT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

阴极射线管. (various references)

   

Danish

  

polariseringsfiltre til skærme (crt polarizing filters), billedgendannelses-katodestrålerør (refreshed cathode ray tube, refreshed CRT). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

CRT-polarizeringsfilters (crt polarizing filters). (various references)

   

French

  

vidéoprojecteur tube rayons cathodiques (CRT projector), vidéoprojecteur TRC (CRT projector), un tube cathodique demontable concu specialement a ete utilise pour analyser le rayonnement provenant des trois phosphores ou luminophores (a specially designed demountable cathode-ray tube CRT - was used to investigate radiation from all three phosphors), tube rafraîchissement (refreshed CRT). (various references)

   

German

  

unipolarer CRT-Filter (crt polarizing filters), eine eigens entworfene, auswechselbare Kathodenstrahlrohre diente zur Untersuchung der von den drei Leuchtphosphoren ausgehenden Strahlung (a specially designed demountable cathode-ray tube CRT - was used to investigate radiation from all three phosphors), Bildwiederholungsstrahlröhre (refreshed cathode ray tube, refreshed CRT). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Μία ειδικά σχεδιασμένη αποσυναρμολογούμενη λυχνία καθοδικών ακτίνων χρησιμοποιήθηκε για να ερευνηθεί η ακτινοβολία και των τριών φωσφο-ρ (a specially designed demountable cathode-ray tube CRT - was used to investigate radiation from all three phosphors), σωλήνας με ανανέωση εικόνας (refreshed cathode ray tube, refreshed CRT), πολωτικά φίλτρα οθονών (crt polarizing filters). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

katódsugárcsõ (cathode-ray tube). (various references)

   

Italian

  

uno speciale tubo a raggi catodici smontabile è stato usato per analizzare le radiazioni provenienti dai tre tipi di fosforo (a specially designed demountable cathode-ray tube CRT - was used to investigate radiation from all three phosphors), tubo a rinfresco di immagine (refreshed cathode ray tube, refreshed CRT), filtro polarizzatore per CRT (crt polarizing filters). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

陰極線管 (cathode-ray tube). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

い"きょくせ"か" (cathode-ray tube). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

crtay

   

Portuguese

  

um tubo catódico desmontável foi especialmente desenhado para investigar a radiação proveniente (a specially designed demountable cathode-ray tube CRT - was used to investigate radiation from all three phosphors), tubo com refrescamento (refreshed cathode ray tube, refreshed CRT), filtros de polarização de TRC (crt polarizing filters). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

видео (vcr, video). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tubo con regeneración (refreshed cathode ray tube, refreshed CRT), para investigar la radiación de los tres fósforos se utilizó un tubo de rayos catódicos, CRT, desmontable de diseño especial (a specially designed demountable cathode-ray tube CRT - was used to investigate radiation from all three phosphors), filtros polarizadores para TRC (crt polarizing filters). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

polariseringsfilter till katodstrålerör (crt polarizing filters). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CRT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "c-r-t"
 

+1 letter: cart, curt, torc.

 

+2 letters: actor, bract, carat, caret, carte, carts, cater, chart, chert, citer, court, craft, crate, crept, crest, croft, cruet, crust, crwth, crypt, curet, curst, cuter, erect, eruct, ratch, react, recta, recti, recto, recut, retch, rotch, scart, taroc, terce, torch, torcs, toric, trace, track, tract, triac, trice, trick, trock, truce, truck.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Company Usage
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Abbreviations
12. Acronyms
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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