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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 gasplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GLOW TUBE (noun)


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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