1. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
   "Old television sets used CRTs to display images";
   - cathode-ray tube
    
2. [US] A framework for analysis of race and law in the United States, allowing for racism and disparate racial outcomes to be indirect outcomes of complex institutional and social structures rather than direct prejudice
   "CRT has become a contentious topic in education policy debates";
   - critical race theory [US]

Derived forms: CRTs

Type of: gas-discharge tube

Part of: cathode-ray oscilloscope, computer, computing device, computing machine, CRO, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system, oscilloscope, scope, television, television system, TV

Encyclopedia: CRT