NEON TUBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neon tube mean? 

• NEON TUBE (noun)
  The noun NEON TUBE has 1 sense:

1. a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube

  Familiarity information: NEON TUBE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEON TUBE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

neon induction lamp; neon lamp; neon tube

Hypernyms ("neon tube" is a kind of...):

lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)