gas tube
noun
an electron tube the envelope of which contains a highly rarefied gas.
Also called
discharge tube.
Origin of gas tube
First recorded in 1805–15
Words nearby gas tube
gas range,
gas ring,
gas station,
gas tank,
gas thermometer,
gas tube,
gas turbine,
gas up,
gas vacuole,
gas welding,
gas well
Example sentences from the Web for gas tube
To supplement their scanty stock of rifles, they made some hand-guns of gas-tube.
The Inhabitants of the Philippines |Frederic H. Sawyer