An apparatus or image produced using cathode rays or electron beams.
From cath- (shortened form of cathode) + -graph 'recording instrument.' Variant of cathodograph, used in early electrical and electronics terminology.
Cathographs were among the first devices to make electron beams visible and recordable—they showed scientists that electrons could be controlled and focused like light beams.
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