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Record 1 2012-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
DEF

A cathode used within nixie tubes, gas discharge lamps, discharge tubes, and some types of vacuum tube and which is not electrically heated by the circuit to which it is connected.

OBS

cold cathode: term officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
CONT

[...] un tube ne doit jamais être utilisé avec une cathode « froide », c'est-à-dire à une température où la couche d’électrons n’est pas alors formée. Une cathode froide, surtout une cathode oxyde, est assimilable à un getter.

OBS

cathode froide : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation des termes de l’électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tubos de vacío (Electrónica)
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