neon tube

collocation in English

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neon
noun[U]
uk
/ˈniː.ɒn/us
/ˈniː.ɑːn/
a chemical element that is a gas with no smell or colour, does not react with other chemicals, and shines red when an electric current goes ...
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tube
noun
uk
/tʃuːb/us
/tuːb/
a long cylinder made from plastic, metal, rubber, or glass, especially used for moving or containing liquids ...
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(Definition ofneonandtubefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The vibrato bug is a four-wire device consisting of aneontubeand light-dependent variable resistor, packaged in a short section of black tubing.
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One of these lamps is aneontubeand the other a tube containing mercury vapour and helium.
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Neon references aneontubeand the bright colors that appear within one.
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Morellet began at this time to work withneontubelighting.
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By means of a commutator the mercury vapour and helium tube is placed in circuit for two-thirds of a revolution and theneontubefor the remaining third.
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Neontubelighting, which also includes the use of argon and mercury vapor as alternate gases, came to be used primarily for eye-catching signs and advertisements.
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I think we have now found a better answer to that problem than neon tubes.
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The neon tubes encircling the central pillar shine at night.
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It requires 17,500 watts of power to illuminate the neon tubes, so it puts out a pleasant little hum.
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Some neon tubes are made without phosphor coatings for some of the colors.
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Approximately 800 red neon tubes are suspended from a 320 ft long section of the station ceiling, directly above the outbound train tracks.
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Also, comic graphic stickers and neon tubes can be added to the cars.
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Even though this class of neon tubes use no neon at all, they are still denoted as neon.
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This work was a simplistic assembly of neon tubes that were not carved or constructed in any way.
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The lamp has a very different design from the much larger neon tubes used for neon lighting.
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It was unveiled in 1957, and generated its bond numbers based on the signal noise created by a bank of neon tubes.
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Immediately following neon's discovery, neon tubes were used as scientific instruments and novelties.
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