Plücker tube
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Julius Plücker, German physicist.
Noun[edit]
Plücker tube (plural Plücker tubes)
- A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the part through which the discharge takes place is a capillary tube, thus producing intense incandescence of the contained gases.
- A Crookes tube.