English Explanatory Dictionary

Coolidge tube

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An improvement on the Crookes tube in which the electrons are produced by thermionic effect from a tungsten filament heated by an electric current.

Word forms

Coolidge tube Coolidge tubes

Etymology

Introduced by William Coolidge in 1913.

Synonyms

hot cathode tube
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