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tube [tuːb, Brit tjuːb] N

1. tube (cylinder):

tubo m
cano m
to go down the tubes fig

2. tube Am inf TV:

tevê f

3. tube no pl Brit RAIL:

metrô m

inner tube N

test-tube baby N

Usage examples with tubes

to go down the tubes fig

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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When color television debuted in the 1960s, picture tubes made color by electronically combined light from red, green and blue pixels.
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The neon tubes encircling the central pillar shine at night.
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In AC/DC equipment, the heaters of all the tubes are connected in series.
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It is claimed to increase the flow of breast milk and soothe the bronchial tubes.
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That's right, keep derelict ruin standing at all costs and watch everybody's property values go down the tubes.
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It causes a thick sticky mucus to be produced and blocks the bronchial tubes and prevents enzymes from digesting food.
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In some cases (such as fibre-reinforced tubes) the extrudate is pulled through a very long die, in a process called pultrusion.
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Untreated, this builds up boiler scale on the tubes and particularly deposits sludge in the lower parts of the boiler.
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Some years had threaded dipstick tubes.
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In the upper regions of the atmosphere the air is highly rarefied, and conducts like the rarefied gases in fluorescent tubes.
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