English Explanatory Dictionary

Plücker tube

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A Crookes tube.

Word forms

Plücker tube Plücker tubes

Etymology

Named after Julius Plücker, German physicist.

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