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GAS-DISCHARGE TUBE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does gas-discharge tube mean?

• GAS-DISCHARGE TUBE (noun)
The noun GAS-DISCHARGE TUBE has 1 sense:

1. a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas

Familiarity information: GAS-DISCHARGE TUBE used as a noun is very rare.

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• GAS-DISCHARGE TUBE (noun)

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Meaning:

A tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gas-discharge tube" is a kind of...):

electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gas-discharge tube"):

cathode-ray tube; CRT (a 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 lamp (a gas-discharge tube with a hot cathode; used in stroboscopes)

glow tube (a gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a diode in a tube filled with gas; the color of the glow depends on the particular gas)

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