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drift tube

American  

noun

Radio.

  1. a conducting enclosure, usually cylindrical, held at a constant potential so that electrons or charged particles within will experience no force, and therefore no change in velocity.

drift tube British  

noun

  1. physics a hollow cylindrical electrode to which a radio-frequency voltage is applied in a linear accelerator

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