Plücker tubes

A form of Plücker tube — 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

noun
  1. pluralplural of Plücker tube
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