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1. n. A CRT terminal. Never used in the mainstream sense of TV; real hackers don't watch TV, except for Looney Toons, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Trek Classic, the Simpsons, Babylon 5, and the occasional cheesy old swashbuckler movie.

2. [IBM] To send a copy of something to someone else's terminal. “Tube me that note?”

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1. A thin-walled pipe.
2. See lamp.

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IN BRIEF: A long hollow thing, like a pipe.

I took my toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste into the bathroom.

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noun
noun, orig and mainly US

1: A cigarette. (1946 —) .
High Times Filter tipped tubes give a smoother smoke to the very end (1975).

2: the tube Television. See also boob tube noun. (1959 —) .
Sunday News (New York): She...is making a name for herself as a singer on the tube (1965).

3: down the tube(s) lost, finished, in trouble; esp. in phr. to go down the tube(s). (1963 —) .
Listener The smile on Sir Freddie's face the week before it was revealed that he was down the tubes to the extent of something over £270 million was the smile of a consummate actor (1982).

4: Austral A can (or sometimes a bottle) of beer. (1964 —) .
J. Powers You can just sit back an' suck on your tube an' watch (1973).

5: pl. The Fallopian tubes; often in phr. to have one's tubes tied, etc., to undergo sterilization by tubal ligation. (1970 —) .
K. Millett Too old to have more children, afraid of pregnancy and now tying her tubes (1974). verb trans. and intr.

6: US To fail, to perform badly (in). (1966 —) .

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A hollow cylindrical organ or instrument.

• chest t. — one or more tubes inserted into the pleural space to provide relief from either pneumothorax or accumulations of fluid within the thoracic cavity and to allow for re-expansion of the lung.
• drainage t. — a tube used in surgery to facilitate escape of fluids. See also drain (2).
• endobronchial t. — a double-lumen tube inserted into the bronchus of one lung, permitting complete deflation of the other lung; used in anesthesia and thoracic surgery.
• eustachian t. — see pharyngotympanic tube.
• feeding t. — one for administering food into the alimentary tract. See also enterostomy tube, jejunostomy tube, tube gastrostomy, nasoesophageal tube (below).
• fermentation t. — a U-shaped tube with one end closed, for determining gas production by bacteria. Called also Durham tube.
• Levin t. — a gastroduodenal catheter of sufficiently small caliber to permit transnasal passage.
• nasoesophageal t. — a feeding tube introduced through the nares and nasal cavity, then into the esophagus. Used in enteral feeding of dogs and cats.
• otopharyngeal t. — auditory tube.
• pharyngostomy t. — see pharyngostomy intubation.
• photomultiplier t. — a vacuum tube that produces an electric current proportional to the intensity of light falling on its photocathode; it is sensitive enough to detect single photons.
• t. rating chart — provided by the manufacturer and containing the specifications for the safe operating limits of the x-ray tube in terms of kilovolt peak, milliamps and time.
• stomach t. — a flexible tube used for introducing food, medication, or other material directly into the stomach, or for removal of undesirable contents from the stomach. It can be passed into the stomach via the nose or mouth. Passage via the mouth requires the protection of a mouth speculum.
• suction drainage t. — see suction drainage.
• test t. — a tube of thin glass, closed at one end; used in chemical tests and other laboratory procedures.
• thoracostomy t. — one inserted through an opening in the chest wall for application of suction to the pleural cavity to facilitate re-expansion of the lung in spontaneous pneumothorax. See also chest tube (above).

n

A hollow cylindrical structure.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rør, tube, slange (hjul), undergrundsbane, fjernsyn, kanyle, kanal
v. tr. - sætte på tube, komme i tube

idioms:

• down the tubes    blive ødelagt, gå i vasken

Nederlands (Dutch)
pijp(je), buis(je), tube, metro, elektronenbuis (beeldbuis), de metro nemen

Français (French)
n. - tube, (GB, Transp) métro, (US) télé, tube cathodique, (Méd) bronches (npl)
v. tr. - munir d'un tube, mettre/insérer dans un tube, introduire un tube dans

idioms:

• down the tubes    (tomber) à l'eau, (tomber) en ruines

Deutsch (German)
n. - U-Bahn, Rohr, Röhre, Schlauch, Tube, Fernseher, Röhrchen
v. - mit Röhren ausstatten, in Tuben füllen

idioms:

• down the tubes    den Bach runter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αυλός, σωλήνας, αγωγός, σωληνάριο (οδοντόπαστας κ.λπ.), υπόγειος σιδηρόδρομος, μετρό (του Λονδίνου), εσωτερικό ελαστικού, σαμπρέλα
v. - σωληνώνω, διατάσσω ή τοποθετώ σε σωλήνες ή αγωγούς

idioms:

• down the tubes    κατά διαόλου

Italiano (Italian)
metropolitana, televisore, metro, tubo, valvola, camera d'aria, provetta

idioms:

• down the tubes    sprecato, in malora

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cano (m), tubo (m), canudo (m)
v. - entubar

idioms:

• down the tubes    por água abaixo

Русский (Russian)
трубка, (брит.) подземная жел. дорога, пробирка, тюбик, камера (шины)

idioms:

• down the tubes    резкое ухудшение в состоянии чего-л.

Español (Spanish)
n. - el metro, el subte, la tele, conducto, túnel, tubo, televisor, tele, pipeta
v. tr. - proveer de tubos, entubar, conducir por tubos, dar forma de tubo

idioms:

• down the tubes    venirse abajo, irse al traste

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rör, tub, slang, tunnelbana, radio, TV, kanal, gång
v. - förse med rör, installera (lägga) rör i

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
管, 隧道, 软管, 把...装管, 使通过管子

idioms:

• down the tubes    完蛋, 不行

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 管, 隧道, 軟管
v. tr. - 把...裝管, 使通過管子

idioms:

• down the tubes    完蛋, 不行

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 관 , 관악기, 진공관
v. tr. - 관을 달다, 관 모양으로 하다, 관 속에 넣다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 管, チューブ, 管状器官, 地下鉄, 真空管, ブラウン管

idioms:

• cathode-ray tube    ブラウン管
• down the tubes    駄目になる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قناة, انبوب (فعل) يسير في نفق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אבוב, שפופרת, צינור, קנה, נורת-רדיו, מנהרה, רכבת תחתית‬
v. tr. - ‮צייד בשפופרות, תחב לשפופרת או לצינור‬

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