electron multiplier

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   a vacuum tube that amplifies a flow of electrons

   Broadertube

Questions about electron multiplier

What does electron multiplier mean?

electron multiplier means "a vacuum tube that amplifies a flow of electrons".

Is electron multiplier a common word?

electron multiplier is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.