How to Use vacuum tube in a Sentence

vacuum tube

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Definition of vacuum tubenext
  • The numbers bounce around like popcorn, and then some of them get sucked into the vacuum tube.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2017
  • To remove the vacuum tube, grip the large plastic lugs molded into the tube and twist it off.
    — Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Like others on our list, the process only requires the vacuum tube to be placed over the port opening and turned on.
    — Lindsay Tigar, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Elon Musk first proposed the idea of high-speed travel through vacuum tubes in a 2013 white paper.
    — David Freeman /, NBC News, 20 May 2018
  • It is designed to send a vehicle through a vacuum tube at speeds up to 600 miles per hour.
    — Harold Maass, TheWeek, 9 Nov. 2020
  • After that, check the vacuum tube for debris and remove if present.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The blood passing through the tiny and large veins — wires and cables — was really a stream of data feeding the vacuum tubes.
    — K. Eddie Mehrfar, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The amps most coveted by guitarists do this with vacuum tubes.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2015
  • The laser was soon being compared to the vacuum tube, the device that spawned the transistor and the then adolescent age of electronics.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 7 July 2017
  • Designed by Skidmore & Owens, it was shaped like a radio vacuum tube.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Then, remove the vacuum tube and hold open the impeller door to remove any leftover debris from the impeller, checking the mulching blades for damage.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Even more advanced is the idea of hurtling passengers through vacuum tubes where there is no air resistance.
    — Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Or how about when Hyperloop pods in vacuum tubes were going to shoot us between cities around the world at unimaginably high speeds and low cost?
    — Paris Marx, The New Republic, 14 July 2023
  • Each team had to build a prototype pod that could travel down a .75-mile (1.2-kilometer) vacuum tube.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2017
  • The Siphon Coffee Brewer is based on a vacuum tube style of making coffee first introduced in 1830.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2015
  • Kids play with water, vapor, vacuum tubes and other machines that dazzle the mind.
    — John Pana, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Clearly the transistor was better than the vacuum tube.
    — Phil Lapsley, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
  • And that posed a fresh challenge, since the tapes were analog and could only be played on a device called a SoundScriber that used old vacuum tube technology.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Nov. 2018
  • Now researchers say new devices that operate a bit like vacuum tubes could slash the size and power consumption of these fridges by a factor of 10.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Computers built using vacuum tubes were not suitable for widespread use due to their size.
    — Rohini Krishnamurthy, Quartz India, 5 Jan. 2020
  • At high speeds, even a small earthquake or the slightest breakage of a vacuum tube would pose a significant danger to passengers and crew.
    — Anamaria Silic, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Machines that used vacuum tubes also required massive amounts of power and were prone to failure as the tubes burned out frequently.
    — Rohini Krishnamurthy, Quartz India, 5 Jan. 2020
  • To start, a real-world Hyperloop system would require a large network of vacuum tubes.
    — Alice Bonasio, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Remember that in 1959, top-of-the-line computers—expensive, high-maintenance and run on vacuum tubes—filled a large room.
    — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Zap’s pulses start with a puff of deuterium (an isotope of hydrogen) plasma at one end of a meter-long vacuum tube, at the center of which is an electrode.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2023
  • If all goes to plan, the US could once again dominate vacuum tube manufacturing.
    — Roy Furchgott, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Over the years, memory has been made up of vacuum tubes, glass tubes filled with mercury and, most recently, semiconductors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 July 2022
  • That's not surprising for a vehicle designed to zoom through sealed vacuum tubes at speeds approaching 700 mph.
    — David Freeman /, NBC News, 20 May 2018
  • Apart from looking cool, the four vacuum tubes actually contribute to the receiver’s rich, deep sound.
    — Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2020
  • As a concept for fast transportation, vacuum tube transit systems have been around for a surprisingly long time.
    — Anamaria Silic, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2021

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