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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Plücker tube

· Plück·er tube · IPA
01 A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the part through which the discharge takes place is a capillary tube, thus producing int…
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    A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the part through which the discharge takes place is a capillary tube, thus producing intense incandescence of the contained gases.(Physics)