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luge (oh) and shock tube (medicine)


luge (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Swiss French; Origin: Medieval Latin sludia]
a vehicle with blades instead of wheels on which you slide down a track made of ice as a sport

shock tube (medicine)


shock tube
<radiobiology> A gas-filled tube used in plasma physics to quickly ionize a gas. A capacitor bank charged to a high voltage is discharged into the gas at one tube end to ionize and heat the gas, producing a shock wave that may be studied as it travels down the tube.