💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Positive column"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| faraday dark spacenoun | The dark space in a glow discharge that is between the negative glow and the positive column. |
| glow dischargenoun | A form of electrical conduction in low-pressure gases (plasmas) that emits light. |
| corposantnoun | An electrical discharge accompanied by a corona of ionization in the surrounding atmosphere |
| brightupnoun | (electronics) A pulse of the beam (cathode ray) in a cathode ray tube that causes a blank screen to fluoresce. |
| crookes spacenoun | (physics, dated) The dark space within the negative-pole glow at the cathode of a vacuum tube, observed only when the pressure is low enough to give a striated discharge. |
| cathodenoun | (electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively). |
| discharge tubenoun | (physics) Any device in which a flow of electrons (or ions) through a gas acts as a source of light. |
| corona dischargenoun | (electricity) The ionization of air (or any other fluid) surrounding an electrically energized conductor, as a result of a strong electric field. |
| positive | Included, present, characterized by affirmation. |
| interaction spacenoun | That part of an electron tube in which electrons interact with a modulated field |
| active galactic nucleusnoun | (astronomy) A compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much higher than normal luminosity over at least some portion of the (measurable) electromagnetic spectrum. |
| photocathodenoun | (physics) A cathode that emits electrons when exposed to light. |
| cathode raynoun | (electricity) A ray consisting of a stream of electrons in a vacuum tube that are emitted by the cathode and accelerated towards the anode by an electric field. |
| anaphoresisnoun | (physics) The movement of electrically charged particles towards an anode. |
| plasma lampnoun | A kind of gas-discharge lamp: a clear glass container, often an orb, filled with a mixture of various noble gases at low pressure, and driven by high frequency alternating current at high voltage. |
| drift spacenoun | The space in an electron tube in which there is no modulated field |
| electric fieldnoun | (electricity, physics) A region of space around a charged particle, or between two voltages, which exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity. |
| fluxtubenoun | (physics) A cylindrical region of space containing a magnetic field that is parallel to the walls of the cylinder. |
| active galaxynoun | (by restriction) A galaxy with an active nucleus (AGN, active galactic nucleus) |
| flashover voltagenoun | (electricity) The voltage at which an electric discharge occurs between two electrodes that are separated by an insulator. |
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