discharge tube
Origin of discharge tube
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How to use discharge tube in a sentence
The force pump gets its name from the fact that the moving piston drives or forces the water through the discharge tube.
General Science | Bertha M. ClarkThis is regulated by nipping the discharge-tube with the spring clothes pin supplied for the purpose.
At ten-second intervals, a puff of black dust came from a discharge tube mounted on the rear of each plane.
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British Dictionary definitions for discharge tube
electronics an electrical device in which current flow is by electrons and ions in an ionized gas, as in a fluorescent light or neon tube
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Scientific definitions for discharge tube
A closed vessel having electrodes at either end and containing a gas at low pressure. When a sufficient voltage is applied to the electrodes, an electric current flows through the gas. Discharge tubes can be used to prevent current flow below a certain voltage; they can also function as lamps by the use of ionizing gas, which glows when current flows through the tube.
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