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Nixie tube (iou)



Nixie tube noun phr. Also nixie tube. M20.
[from numeric indicator experimental (number) 1: see -IE.]
A numerical indicator used in scientific instruments, consisting of a gas-discharge bulb containing ten cathodes bent into the shapes of numerals.
? Proprietary name in the US.