receiving tube

…Electronic devices that control electron flow in a vacuum to perform amplification and other functions have been mainly called vacuum tubes since their invention. However, later, large tubes, cathode ray tubes, microwave tubes, and other devices with different functions, as well as discharge tubes with similar functions but no vacuum inside, appeared, and technically these are collectively called electron tubes, and the small tubes previously called vacuum tubes came to be called receiving tubes. Electron tube [Shin Hasegawa]. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "receiving tube" is listed below.

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…真空中で電子流を制御して増幅などを行う電子素子は，発明当初からおもに真空管と呼ばれ発展してきた。しかし後に大型管，ブラウン管，マイクロ波管など機能の異なるものや，似た機能であるが内部が真空でない放電管などが出現したため，専門的にはこれらを電子管electron tubeと総称し，従来，真空管と呼ばれた小型管は受信管receiving tubeと呼ばれるようになった。電子管【長谷川 伸】。…

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