geissler tube

Noun

Meaning

A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

crookes tube particle accelerator electron tube vacuum tube X-ray tube ionization tube neon tube discharge tube fluorescent tube electron beam tube argon tube spectroscopy tube high-voltage tube beam tube mercury vapor tube
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