Tube
Word | TUBE |
Character | 4 |
Hyphenation | tube |
Pronunciations | /tjuːb/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Tube"
What do we mean by tube?
A hollow cylinder, especially one that conveys a fluid or functions as a passage. noun
An organic structure having the shape or function of a tube; a duct. noun
A small flexible cylindrical container sealed at one end and having a screw cap at the other, for pigments, toothpaste, or other pastelike substances. noun
The cylindrical part of a wind instrument. noun
An electron tube. noun
A vacuum tube. noun
The lower, cylindrical part of a gamopetalous corolla or a gamosepalous calyx. noun
A tunnel. noun
An underground railroad system, especially the one in London, England. noun
The elongated space inside a wave when it is breaking. noun
An inner tube. noun
An inflatable tube or cushion made of rubber or plastic and used for recreational riding, as behind a motor boat or down a snow-covered slope. noun
Television. noun
A television set. noun
The fallopian tubes. noun
Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
(often capitalized as Tube) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
A tin can containing beer.
A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
A television.
An idiot.
Idiot, innocent fool -- particularly a teenager. Scots origin Glasgow urban slag Urban Dictionary
London underground/metro/subway Urban Dictionary
Television Urban Dictionary
Noun: A derisive and/or derogatory term for a Woman's vagina. Urban Dictionary
1. A round, cylindical object. 2. The London Underground. 3. Medical term for a totally unneccesary breast examination, usually applied to the person asking for it. Urban Dictionary
A Tube is a video site with embeded Flash or HTML5 videos. Urban Dictionary
A person that has no idea how to converse with another human. Soemone that has a brain deficency. Urban Dictionary
Short for Vacuum Tube, a device used to drive amplifiers until the advent of transistors. A tube works like a flood gate, except with heat. A small heater in the base warms up, while a gate like mechanism opens and closes depending on the input signal. As heat goes through the "gate", it is turned into electrical energy. Tube slots must be biased, which determines the voltages seen by the tube. Only guitar amps still use tubes (as well as some bass amps, mic preamps, and other pro audio devices.) Though a true discussion of tubes is enough to fill a large book, let alone a short definition, but here are some more common types of tubes. Preamp: American name (European name) Other name 12AX7 (ECC83) 7025 12AT7 12AY7 Rectifier 5U4 (GZ32) GT5Y3 (GZ30) Power Amp 6L6GC 6V6GC EL84 EL34 KT66 6550 Urban Dictionary
OK, I just want to clear up the previous definition for an Electron Tube (the type used in guitar amps and high-end audio applications). The fella before me said tubes convert heat into electricity, this just goes to show that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Tubes do have a heater element, but this is seperate from any signal processing the tube performs. Tubes have anywhere from 3 to 5 elemets inside, not including the heater. The first is called a Plate, this is a metal plate with a given DC voltage applied to it, usually 200 to 400 volts. Another part is called the Cathode, this is connected to ground, sometimes through a resistor or capacitor network. The voltage "wants" to flow from the plate to the cathode, but between them is a "grid." The grid is connected to the input signal and as the signal changes from a positive charge to a negative charge (all musical signals are AC current, oscillating between + and -)it allows more or less of the plate voltage to flow to the cathode, resulting in a large voltage swing on the plate in time with the input signal: the amplified signal. The other elements go between the grid and the plate and serve to make the tube more efficient, these "screens" as well as the grid can be biased, that is, they have a fixed voltage applied to them to more carefully control how much current flows through the tube. There is a heater element in the tube as well, very similar to a light bulb filament, but this only warms up the other components so that the tube can work better, this is analogous to putting oil in an engine. Tubes absolutely do not convert heat into electricity, I don't know if anything can convert heat into electricity unless you count a gas powered electrical generator, resistors convert electricity into heat, but that is another story. Urban Dictionary
A water-pipe commonly referred to as a bong. Often used by customers in glass shops because many shops are forced to not sell "bongs." Tommy Chong associated the word "bong" with marijuana, so this has resulted in legal issues in some states. Tube was adopted as a more bong-like and shorter term than water-pipe. Urban Dictionary
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