crookes tube

Noun

Meaning

A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

particle accelerator electron tube vacuum tube geissler tube X-ray tube ionization tube neon tube discharge tube fluorescent tube electron beam tube argon tube spectroscopy tube high-voltage tube beam tube radiation tube
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Hypernyms

CRT cathode-ray tube

Examples

He built a Crookes tube (later called a "Lenard tube") with a "window" in the end made of thin aluminum, facing the cathode so the cathode rays would strike it. Source: Internet

The simplest and cheapest variety of sealed X-ray tube has a stationary anode (the Crookes tube ) and run with ~2 kW of electron beam power. Source: Internet

Taking an X-ray image with early Crookes tube apparatus, late 1800s. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Crookes layer Crookes radiometer Crookes space Crookesian crookesite crookie