traveling-wave tube

A form of travelling-wave tube — A type of vacuum tube which amplifies electromagnetic signals, where the electron gun fires down the tube with an unmodulated electron beam, that passes through an interaction array, where the EM-signal is fed, which interacts with the electron beam, bunching the electrons, and transferring power to the signal.

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Meanings

nountraveling-wave tube (plural traveling-wave tubes)

plural traveling-wave tubes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of travelling-wave tube.
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