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GLOW TUBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glow tube mean?
• GLOW TUBE (noun)
The noun GLOW TUBE has 1 sense:
1. a gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a diode in a tube filled with gas; the color of the glow depends on the particular gas
Familiarity information: GLOW TUBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a diode in a tube filled with gas; the color of the glow depends on the particular gas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("glow tube" is a kind of...):
gas-discharge tube (a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas)
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