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Electron Multiplier

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Noun

1. electron multiplier

a vacuum tube that amplifies a flow of electrons

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Electron Multiplier

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noun
physics
a device for amplifying and measuring a flux of electrons. Each electron hits an anode surface and releases secondary electrons that are accelerated to a second surface; after several such stages a measurable pulse of current is obtained

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Electron Multiplier

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a device that amplifies a stream of electrons by causing it to strike electrodes at successively higher potentials: secondary electrons produced at each electrode increase the quantity of electrons in the stream

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Electron Multiplier

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n.
An electronic component used in photomultipliers, particle detectors, and electron microscopes, in which single electrons may produce a large current by inducing secondary emission of electrons when they strike an anode. Also called electron amplifier.

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