"Coolidge tube" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Coolidge tubes [plural]
Etymology: Introduced by William Coolidge in 1913. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Coolidge tube (plural Coolidge tubes)
  1. An improvement on the Crookes tube in which the electrons are produced by thermionic effect from a tungsten filament heated by an electric current. Synonyms: hot cathode tube
    Sense id: en-Coolidge_tube-en-noun-sOf8VXXX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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