flash tube
- a variation of flashtube.
Example Sentences
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The flash discharge is through a low-resistance ionized gas in the flash tube and proceeds very rapidly.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Energy input can be from a flash tube, electrical discharge, or other sources, in a process sometimes called optical pumping.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Wrapped around the rod in the form of a coil is a flash tube similar to the strobe lights used by photographers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The new gadget is a ring-shaped, gas-filled flash tube around the lens.
From Time Magazine Archive
Surrounding the ruby rod is a spiral flash tube rather like the tube of a photographer's strobe lamp.
From Time Magazine Archive
