TRIODE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes; fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("triode" 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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