electron-tube envelope
1electron tube — noun electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope • Syn: ↑tube, ↑vacuum tube, ↑thermionic vacuum tube, ↑thermionic tube, ↑thermionic valve • Hypernyms: ↑electronic device …
2Tube socket — Left to right: octal (top and bottom view), loctal, and miniature (top and side view) sockets. An early transistor socket and an IC socket are included for comparison. Tube sockets are electrical sockets into which vacuum tubes (also known as… …
3Tube — A long hollow cylinder. There are many tube like structures in the human body, such as the auditory tube (Eustachian tube) in the ear. * * * 1. A hollow cylindrical structure or canal. 2. A hollow cylinder or pipe. SYN: tuba [TA]. [L. tubus]… …
4Vacuum tube — This article is about the electronic device. For experiments in an evacuated pipe, see free fall. For the transport system, see pneumatic tube. Modern vacuum tubes, mostly miniature style In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube (in North… …
5thermionic tube — noun electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope • Syn: ↑tube, ↑vacuum tube, ↑thermionic vacuum tube, ↑electron tube, ↑thermionic valve • Hypernyms: ↑electronic device …
6thermionic vacuum tube — noun electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope • Syn: ↑tube, ↑vacuum tube, ↑thermionic tube, ↑electron tube, ↑thermionic valve • Hypernyms: ↑electronic device …
7vacuum tube — noun electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope • Syn: ↑tube, ↑thermionic vacuum tube, ↑thermionic tube, ↑electron tube, ↑thermionic valve • Hypernyms: ↑electronic device …
8x-ray tube — an electronic tube for producing x rays, essentially a cathode ray tube in which a metal target is bombarded with high energy electrons. [1905 10] * * * ▪ electronics also called Roentgen tube evacuated electron tube that produces X rays… …
9gas tube — noun : an electron tube containing gas at a low pressure sufficient to influence the electrical performance of the tube * * * an electron tube the envelope of which contains a highly rarefied gas. Also called discharge tube. [1805 15] …
10gas tube — an electron tube the envelope of which contains a highly rarefied gas. Also called discharge tube. [1805 15] * * * …
