photomultiplier tube

photomultiplier tube
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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  • photomultiplier — fotodaugintuvas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. photomultiplier; photomultiplier tube vok. Photoelektronenvervielfacher, m; Photomultiplikatorröhre, f; Photovervielfacher, m rus. фотоумножитель, m; фотоэлектронный умножитель …   Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas

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