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plücker tube

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pluck-er -tube
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the part through which the discharge takes place is a capillary tube, thus producing intense incandescence of the contained gases.

noun

A Crookes tube.

Etymology

Named after Julius Plücker, German physicist.

Inflected Forms

Plücker tubes (plural)

Questions

What does plücker tube mean?
A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the part through which the discharge takes place is a capillary tube, thus producing intense incandescence of the contained gases.
Where does plücker tube come from?
Named after Julius Plücker, German physicist.

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