Plücker tube

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounPlücker tube (plural Plücker tubes)

plural Plücker tubes

  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.

Origin

Named after Julius Plücker, German physicist.

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