RECTIFYING VALVE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier

Synonyms:

diode; rectifying tube; rectifying valve

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rectifying valve" is a kind of...):

electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)

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