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Coolidge tube|ˈkuːlɪdʒ tjuːb|
[f. the name of William David Coolidge (b. 1873), American physicist.]
A type of hot-cathode X-ray tube.
1915Nature 15 Apr. 195/2 The Coolidge tube is based on the discharge of independent electrons. 1929Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 844/2 The target of the Coolidge tube is of massive tungsten. |