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photomultiplier tubes

photomultiplier tubes is the plural of photomultiplier tube.

Meaning of photomultiplier tube

Noun

photomultiplier tube (plural photomultiplier tubes)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    PMT

Questions about photomultiplier tubes

What is photomultiplier tubes the plural of?
Photomultiplier tubes is the plural of photomultiplier tube.

Words near photomultiplier tubes in the dictionary

  1. photomultiplier cell
  2. photomultiplier cells
  3. photomultiplier counter
  4. photomultiplier counters
  5. photomultiplier tube
  6. photomultiplier tubes
  7. photomultipliers
  8. photomural
  9. photomuralist
  10. photomuralists
  11. photomurals

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