[ 'gʌɪslə ]
■ noun a sealed tube of glass or quartz with a central constriction, filled with vapour for the production of a luminous electrical discharge.
Origin
C19: named after its German inventor Heinrich Geissler .
[ 'gʌɪslə ]
■ noun a sealed tube of glass or quartz with a central constriction, filled with vapour for the production of a luminous electrical discharge.
Origin
C19: named after its German inventor Heinrich Geissler .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004