DE FOREST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)

Synonyms:

De Forest; Father of Radio; Lee De Forest

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

electrical engineer (a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity)

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

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