Usually means: Device converting light into electricity.
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  1. phototube: Merriam-Webster
  2. phototube: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. phototube: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. phototube: Collins English Dictionary
  5. phototube: Wiktionary
  6. phototube: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. phototube: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. phototube: Dictionary.com
  9. Phototube: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. phototube: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. phototube: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (phototube)

▸ noun:  A gas-filled electron tube that has a photosensitive cathode.

Similar:
photoglow tube, photomultiplier, photoglow, photomultiplier tube, phototransistor, phototriode, phanotron, photopentode, photocell, photoelement, more...

Opposite:
scintillator, photomultiplier, photodiode, photoresistor

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Similar:
photoglow tube, photomultiplier, photoglow, photomultiplier tube, phototransistor, phototriode, phanotron, photopentode, photocell, photoelement, more...

Opposite:
scintillator, photomultiplier, photodiode, photoresistor



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