Meaning Of The Word Geissler tube

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Geissler tube in American English
a glass tube having two electrodes and containing a gas which, when electrified, takes on a luminous glow of a color characteristic of the gas: used in spectroscopy, etc.
noun: a sealed glass tube with platinum connections at the ends, containing rarefied gas made luminous by an electrical discharge

Geissler tube in British English
noun: a glass or quartz vessel, usually having two bulbs containing electrodes separated by a capillary tube, for maintaining an electric discharge in a low-pressure gas as a source of visible or ultraviolet light for spectroscopy

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