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Nixie tube

British  
/ ˈnɪksɪ /

noun

  1. electronics another name for digitron

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The Heritage Series Pony is more my speed: a small, three-door concept that, I kid you not, has a Nixie tube speedometer and horsepower meter.

From The Verge • Nov. 15, 2021

The Burroughs Corp.'s popular Nixie tube, for example, contains ten overlapping electrodes that form the digits 0 to 9.

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