ELECTRON MULTIPLIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electron multiplier mean? 

• ELECTRON MULTIPLIER (noun)
  The noun ELECTRON MULTIPLIER has 1 sense:

1. a vacuum tube that amplifies a flow of electrons

  Familiarity information: ELECTRON MULTIPLIER used as a noun is very rare.

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• ELECTRON MULTIPLIER (noun)

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Meaning:

A vacuum tube that amplifies a flow of electrons

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electron multiplier" is a kind of...):

electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)