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tube, in electronics: see electron tube electron tube, device consisting of a sealed enclosure in which electrons flow between electrodes separated either by a vacuum (in a vacuum tube) or by an ionized gas at low pressure (in a gas tube).
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tube

See CRT and vacuum tube.

tube
1. Anatomy
a. short for Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube
b. any hollow cylindrical structure
2. Botany
a. the lower part of a gamopetalous corolla or gamosepalous calyx, below the lobes
b. any other hollow structure in a plant
3. Brit the tube
a. an underground railway system
b. the tunnels through which the railway runs
c. the train itself
d. ™ the London underground railway system
4. Electronics
a. another name for valve
b. See electron tube cathode-ray tube
5. Surfing the cylindrical passage formed when a wave breaks and the crest tips forward
1.(hardware)tube - A CRT terminal. Never used in the mainstream sense of TV; real hackers don't watch TV, except for Loony Toons, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Trek Classic, the Simpsons, and the occasional cheesy old swashbuckler movie.
2.(electronics)tube - electron tube.
3.(jargon)tube - (IBM) To send a copy of something to someone else's terminal. "Tube me that note."


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Imagine an enclosed horizontal tube with flexible vertical discs carrying the tea along in the proper direction (although the tubes in real life travel in any direction).
How to convey tea: a drag that's not a drag: a first-hand account on ... by Seidel, Karl / Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
Efforts were made to collect data for as many fluids and as wide a range of parameters as possible for horizontal tube bundles as well as single tubes with upward flow of boiling fluid.
A general correlation for heat transfer during saturated boiling with ... by Shah, M. Mohammed / HVAC & R Research
According to the Nusselt analysis, the heat transfer of the falling liquid film on a horizontal tube surface can be treated as many small plates of various inclination angles.
An experimental study of falling film evaporation on inclined plates ... by Chien, Liang-Han; Lin, Hung-Ta / ASHRAE Transactions
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