travelling-wave tube (English, noun)
expansion: travelling-wave tube (plural travelling-wave tubes)
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glosses: A type of vacuum tube which amplifies electromagnetic signals, where the electron gun fires down the tube with an unmodulated electron beam, that passes through an interaction array, where the EM-signal is fed, which interacts with the electron beam, bunching the electrons, and transferring power to the signal.
Forms:
form: travelling-wave tubes
tags: plural
form: traveling-wave tube
tags: alternative
form: traveling wave tube
tags: alternative
form: travelling wave tube
tags: alternative