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X-ray tube

DEFINITIONS OF: X-ray tube

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n a vacuum tube containing a metal target onto which a beam of electrons is directed at high energy for the generation of X rays

Type of:
electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube
electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
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