PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE


Meaning of PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfō-tō-ˈməl-tə-ˌplī(-ə)r- ]

noun

Date: 1941

: a vacuum tube that detects light especially from dim sources through the use of photoemission and successive instances of secondary emission to produce enough electrons to generate a useful current — called also photomultiplier

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