Plücker tube

noun

Plück·​er tube

ˈpli|kə(r)-,

-lu̇|

: a gas-filled discharge tube with a narrowly constricted straight portion in which the intensified luminosity adapts the tube to use in the spectroscopy of gases

Word History

Etymology

after Julius Plücker †1868 German mathematician and physicist

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