Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An electrode used in certain electron tubes to provide secondary emission.

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  • noun physics Any of a series of electrodes within a photomultiplier tube.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek dunamis, power; see dynamic + –ode.]

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Examples

  • The materials should still be as close as possible, optically speaking, to the original scintillator, to allow for PMT cross-talk effects such as dynode glow, etc.

    Guest Post: Juan Collar on Dark Matter Detection Sean 2008

  • The output from the metal channel dynode chain is a current proportional to the number of photons striking the photocathode and to the voltage drops along the dynode channel.

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  • The output from the metal channel dynode chain is a current proportional to the number of photons striking the photocathode and to the voltage drops along the dynode channel.

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  • Initial measurement in the 200-250-nm range revealed a rapid increase of the dynode voltage around 220 nm.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yuan-Ping Pang et al. 2009

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