dynode

Electrodes, called dynodes, are so arranged that each succeeding generation of electrons is attracted to the next dynode. For example, if 4 electrons are released at the first dynode, then 16 will emerge from the second and so forth. Gains of as much as one million are…

…a series of electrodes called dynodes that have the property of emitting more than one electron when struck by a single electron that has been accelerated from a previous dynode. After the multiplication process, the amplified pulse of electrons is collected at an anode that provides the tube’s output. The…

…series of additional electrodes, or dynodes, each at a successively higher positive potential so that it will attract electrons given off by the previous dynode.

…a series of electrodes (dynodes), and an anode sealed within a common evacuated envelope. Appropriate voltages applied to the cathode, dynodes, and anode cause electrons ejected from the cathode to collide with the dynodes in succession. Each electron collision produces several more electrons; after a dozen or more dynodes,…