Nixie tube

/ ˈnɪksɪ /

noun

1. electronics another name for digitron

Example Sentences

The Heritage Series Pony is more my speed: a small, three-door concept that, I kid you not, has a Nixie tube speedometer and horsepower meter.

From The Verge

A mix of vintage looks and new technology creates an elegant way to tell time in the Luminous Rex Apollo Numitron Nixie Tube Clock, handmade in Ballard from rare repurposed laboratory and aircraft tubes from the 1970s and 80s, set in a case of solid walnut hardwood.

From Seattle Times

A Nixie tube is an electronic device that is a variant of a neon lamp, which displays numbers and other information.

From Forbes

The USB-powered clock is made of a single Nixie tube — a cold-cathode tube introduced in the 1950s as a way to display numbers digitally before the advent of more modern technologies like LCD.

From The Verge

The Burroughs Corp.'s popular Nixie tube, for example, contains ten overlapping electrodes that form the digits 0 to 9.

From Time Magazine Archive