negative glow

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noun Physics.

the luminous region between the Crookes dark space and the Faraday dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.

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Origin of negative glow

First recorded in 1885–90

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How to use negative glow in a sentence

To obtain a negative glow in air at common pressures is difficult.
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1|Michael Faraday
Next this we have a luminous position called the “negative glow” or the “third cathode layer.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8|Various