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Definition: electron tube


An earlier term for a vacuum tube. See vacuum tube.




An RCA Victor Tube
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed in 1919 and sold to GE in 1986. The RCA Victor brand evolved from the 1929 acquisition of the Victor Talking Machine Company and has been used for decades to brand vacuum tubes and phonograph records.