Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun electron_multiplier

1 sense of electron multiplier

Sense 1
electron multiplier -- (a vacuum tube that amplifies a flow of electrons)
       => tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve -- (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)