traveling-wave tube: Meaning and Definition of

trav'eling-wave' tube"

Pronunciation: (trav'u-ling-wāv', trav'ling-), [key]
— Electronics. Electronics.
  1. an electron tube used in microwave communications systems, having an electron beam directed coaxially through a wire helix to produce amplification.
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