tube

tube (to̵̅o̅b, tyo̵̅o̅b)

noun

1. a hollow cylinder or pipe of metal, glass, rubber, etc., usually long in proportion to its diameter, used for conveying fluids, etc.
2. an instrument, part, organ, etc. resembling a tube bronchial tubes, eustachian tubes
3. a fallopian tube: usually used in pl.
a rubber casing inflated with air and used, esp. formerly, with an outer casing to form an automotive tire
a cylindrical container made of thin, pliable metal, plastic, etc., fitted at one end with a screw cap, and used for holding pastes or semiliquids, which can be squeezed out
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1. electron tube
2. vacuum tube
1. a tubular tunnel for a railroad, subway, etc.
2. Brit. an underground electric railway; subway
Bot. the lower, united part of a gamopetalous corolla or a gamosepalous calyx
Elec. the tubular space bounded by the lines of electric or magnetic force passing through every point on a closed curve on the outside of a charged body

Etymology: Fr < L tubus, a pipe

transitive verb tubed, tub′·ing

tube′·like′ adjective

down the tube

or down the tubes

Informal in or into a condition of failure, defeat, etc.

the tube

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Informal television

A hollow cylinder
conduit, hose, test tube, tubing, tunnel, loom, subway; see also pipe 1.
A pliable container
package, paste tube, squeeze tube; see container.
An electronic device
cell, vacuum tube, electron tube, electronic tube; see device 1, machine 1.
Electronic tubes include: electric eye, electron tube, vacuum tube, neon tube, neon light, fluorescent tube, fluorescent light, radio tube, television tube, cathode ray tube, X-ray tube, photoelectric tube, photoelectric cell, thermionic tube, thermionic valve, converter, gas tube, vapor tube, focus tube, high pressure tube, low pressure tube.
Specialized tubes include: Geissler tube, Crookes tube, Venturi tube, Geiger-Müller tube, Braun tube, traveling wave tube, negative grid electron tube, photomultiplier tube, X-ray diffraction tube, grid-seal tube, disk-seal tube, grid-glow tube, glow-discharge tube, multigrid tube, multiplex tube, mercury-vapor tube, triode, tetrode, thyratron, phasitron, diode, pentagrid, klystron, ignatron, magnetron, exitron.

Converse of object

torpedo: Obvious what we are looking for and yes there are the two large scoops of the torpedo tubes.
insert: You will have a fine plastic tube inserted through your nose into the stomach to stop you from being sick.
galvanize: Frame - Pre galvanized 60mm diameter steel tube of slot together design ( 10 pieces ).
shrink: Use of a heat gun will shrink the tube to about 60 % of the original size.

Adjective modifier

fluorescent: An artist has won a twenty thousand pound prize for placing fluorescent tubes under a power line.
Fallopian: The fallopian tubes carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus.
Eustachian: It can be caused by excess ear wax, blocked eustachian tubes, pressure damage or aging.
nasogastric: Management involves drainage via a nasogastric tube ( tube passed through the nose into the stomach ) and maintaining body fluid via a drip.
endotracheal: Expert guidance is that two doses of surfactant should be given, 12 hours apart via the endotracheal tube.
phreatic: However a large, muddy, phreatic tube leads back up out of the chamber.

Modifies a noun

defect: However to prevent neural tube defects, supplemental folate must be taken early in gestation.
station: The Bank tube station on the Northern line is the closest to the Bank of England Museum.
feeding: He was always in a darkened room because heâs light-sensitive, with a sick bowl, with constant tube feeding, not moving.
fed: They kept saying, " I couldn't do that " , as I had a boy at the time who was tube fed.

Noun used with modifier

cathode: The PPI image from a high intensity cathode ray tube was projected on to the film through a focusing lens.
diffusion: Diffusion tubes can also provide valuable data for Stage III.
ray: The PPI image from a high intensity cathode ray tube was projected on to the film through a focusing lens.
tracheostomy: There are an increasing number of reports of barotrauma to patients with endotracheal and tracheostomy tubes.
vacuum: Today vacuum tubes comprise only 18 % of the market, with flat plate panels taking a massive 82 % .
cardboard: Use a cardboard tube to open up one end of the sock with the other end of the sock chopped off.

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