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photomultiplier tube

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
pho-to-mul-ti-pli-er -tube
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
11
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What does photomultiplier tube mean?
A type of vacuum tube that detects electromagnetic radiation in the range from ultraviolet to infrared, including the visible spectrum, and them amplifies the detection induced current into an output signal

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