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Definition of: Lenard rays
(lā′närt) Physics
Cathode rays that stream into the atmosphere through a metallic window of a vacuum tube known as a Lenard tube or a Coolidge cathode–ray tube. [after Philipp von Lenard, 1862–1947, German physicist]
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