gas tube

noun

1. an electron tube the envelope of which contains a highly rarefied gas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gas tube¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

It is provided with a single gas socket, into which either a large or small gas tube may be screwed.

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A brush flame from the larger gas tube of the single blowpipe table is most suitable for the work of bending the tubes.

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To keep ashes and dust out of the gas tube, lumps of charcoal are heaped up to the height of the top of the flue.

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The air tube, l, passes into the gas tube and is continued concentrically within the latter.

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One, a steamer, is being nursed by means of a gas tube to keep the fire-box warm.

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