crookes tube

Crookes tube

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Definitions of crookes tube words

noun crookes tube a type of cathode-ray tube in which the electrons are produced by a glow discharge in a low-pressure gas 3
noun crookes tube an early cathode-ray tube with a cathode, anode, and some low-pressure gas 3
noun crookes tube a form of cathode-ray tube. 1
noun crookes tube An early experimental electrical discharge tube by means of which cathode rays and X-rays were discovered. 0

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85; after Sir W. Crookes

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