HyperDic: gas-discharge_tube

English > 1 sense of the expression gas-discharge tube:
NOUNartifactgas-discharge tubea tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas
English > gas-discharge tube: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas.
Narrowercathode-ray tube, CRTA 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
glow lampA gas-discharge tube with a hot cathode
glow tubeA gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a diode in a tube filled with gas
Broadertube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valveelectronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

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