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class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>1590s, in anatomy and zoology, "hollow organ or passage in the body;" by 1650s as "pipe or hollow cylinder," especially a small one used as a conduit for liquids, from French <span class="foreign notranslate">tube</span> (15c.), from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">tubus</span> "tube, pipe," a word of unknown origin.</p> <p>By 1800 in reference to glass tubes used in chemistry. The sense of "sealed container" is by 1859 in <span class="foreign notranslate">vacuum tube</span>; later extended in electronics to a sealed tube containing electrodes; hence <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">tube</span></strong> (n.) "TV as a medium," by 1959, from <span class="foreign notranslate">tube</span> as short for <span class="foreign notranslate">cathode ray tube</span> or <span class="foreign notranslate">picture tube</span>. <span class="foreign notranslate">The tube</span> (n.) also was old slang for "telephone" (1899).</p> <p><strong><span class="foreign notranslate">Tube</span></strong> for "cylindrical railway tunnel" is attested from 1847; the London subway was christened the <span class="foreign notranslate">Twopenny Tube</span> by 1900 (H.D. Browne, in the "Londoner" of June 30).</p> <p><span class="foreign notranslate">Down the tubes</span> "lost, finished" is attested by 1963. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Tubal</span> "of or pertaining to tubes collectively."</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1590s">1590s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_56339" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of tube" class="word__name--TTbAA">tube<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"receive, enclose, or dispatch in a (pneumatic) tube," by 1891, from <a href="/word/tube#etymonline_v_18786" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of tube " class="crossreference notranslate">tube</a> (n.), by 1860, short for <span class="foreign notranslate">pneumatic-dispatch tube</span> (1859). </p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1891">1891</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to tube">Entries linking to <i>tube</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of boob tube" href="/word/boob%20tube#etymonline_v_27317">boob tube<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"television set," U.S. slang, 1959, from <a href="/word/boob" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of boob " class="crossreference notranslate">boob</a> "stupid person" + slang <a href="/word/tube#etymonline_v_18786" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of tube " class="crossreference notranslate">tube</a> (n.) "television, television programming;" the original sets had vacuum tubes in them. It seems to have been popularized, if not coined, by William Ewald, television columnist for the UPI news wire, in a column resigning his position, which was widely reprinted in US newspapers in August, who headlined it variously.</p> <blockquote class="poetry"> To all those who say TV provides the sort of fare that they, ordinary people, like, I say shame on you for reveling in your ordinariness. </blockquote> <blockquote class="poetry"> To all those who say there is room for all kinds of tastes, nonsense again. There is obviously a hierarchy of values in life—without it, we become vegetables. If you prefer to squander your free time on Lawrence Welk, The Texan, The Price Is Right and other drivel, it may be time for you to question your values. ['Sorehead' Calls It Quits As Boob Tube Chronicler," Tucson Daily Sun, Aug. 14, 1959] </blockquote></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of test-tube" href="/word/test-tube#etymonline_v_46610">test-tube<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"cylinder of thin glass closed at one end," 1809, from <a href="/word/test#etymonline_v_10678" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of test " class="crossreference notranslate">test</a> (n.) + <a href="/word/tube#etymonline_v_18786" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of tube " class="crossreference notranslate">tube</a> (n.). So called because it originally was used to test the properties of liquids. <span class="foreign notranslate">Test-tube baby</span> is recorded from 1935 in reference to artificial insemination.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of boob tube" href="/word/boob%20tube"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">boob tube</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of tub" href="/word/tub"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">tub</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of tuba" href="/word/tuba"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">tuba</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of tubage" href="/word/tubage"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">tubage</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of tube-steak" href="/word/tube-steak"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">tube-steak</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of tube-top" href="/word/tube-top"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">tube-top</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of tubing" href="/word/tubing"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">tubing</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of tubular" href="/word/tubular"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">tubular</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/tube/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->9<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of tube">Trends of <i>tube</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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As an adjective, attested from c. 1600; figurative sense of "hidden, secret" is attested from 1630s; adjectival meaning "subculture" is from 1953, from adjectival use in reference to World War II resistance movements against G</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of siphon" href="/word/siphon"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">siphon<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "water hose; tube for drawing fluid from a swelling," from Latin sipho (genitive siphonis) "a siphon," from Greek...siphōn "pipe, tube for drawing wine from a cask," a technical term of unknown origin and uncertain etymology....The meaning "glass or metal tube bent so that one leg is longer, used to drain off liquid by atmospheric pressure" is from...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of cannon" href="/word/cannon"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">cannon<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">projectiles by force of gunpowder," from Anglo-French canon (mid-14c.), Old French canon (14c.), from Italian cannone "large tube..., barrel," augmentative of Latin canna "reed, tube" (see cane (n.))....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of bore" href="/word/bore"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">bore<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">The meaning "cylindrical hole through a tube, gun, etc." is from 1570s; 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