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Coolidge tubes

Coolidge tubes is the plural of Coolidge tube.

Meaning of Coolidge tube

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

Questions about Coolidge tubes

What is Coolidge tubes the plural of?
Coolidge tubes is the plural of Coolidge tube.

Words near Coolidge tubes in the dictionary

  1. coolibars
  2. Coolidge
  3. Coolidge effect
  4. Coolidge effects
  5. Coolidge tube
  6. Coolidge tubes
  7. Coolidgean
  8. Coolidgian
  9. coolie
  10. Coolie Christmas
  11. coolie hat

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