magic eye



magic eye

A cathode-ray tube found on some radios (particularly in the mid-20th century) that displayed a visual cue to aid the tuning of the radio. Back in my day, we needed to use a magic eye to tune our radios!
See also: eye, magic

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Argus-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
LÉOne-French
Teodosiote-o-DHO-syo (Spanish)Italian, Spanish
LiÙSaidh-Scottish
Tuva-Swedish, Norwegian
ElroyEL-roiEnglish