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extremely sensitive detector of light and of other radiation, consisting of a tube in which the electrons released by radiation striking a photocathode are accelerated, greatly amplifying the signal obtainable from small quantities of radiation

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  • Flandry used photomultiplier and infrared step-up controls to go on with his watching.
  • The detector is filled with pure mineral oil and lined with photomultiplier tubes (PMTs).
  • The photomultiplier tube led to the microwave oven via co-option of traits from older technologies.
  • Tall trees gloomed everywhere about; the sky was hidden, and I must tune up the photomultiplier unit in my goggles.
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