photomultiplier

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os

Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos

Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)

Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)

Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der.

English photo-

English multiple

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English multiply

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English multiplier

English photomultiplier

From photo- + multiplier.

Noun

photomultiplier (plural photomultipliers)

1. (physics) A device, normally in the form of a tube, that uses a photocathode to convert photons into photoelectrons which are then amplified.

Derived terms

• photomultiplier cell
• photomultiplier counter
• photomultiplier tube

Translations

device that uses a photocathode

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 光電倍增管 / 光电倍增管 (guāngdiàn bèizēngguǎn)

• Irish: fóta-iolróir m
• Italian: fotomoltiplicatore (it) m
• Japanese: 光電子増倍管 (こうでんしぞうばいかん, kōdenshi zōbaikan)
• Kazakh: фотоэлектрондық көбейткіш (fotoelektrondıq köbeytkiš)
• Korean: 광전 증폭관(光電増倍管) (gwangjeon jeungpokgwan)
• Polish: fotopowielacz (pl) m
• Portuguese: fotomultiplicador m
• Spanish: fotomultiplicador (es) m
• Vietnamese: đèn nhân quang điện