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ACORN TUBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acorn tube mean?
• ACORN TUBE (noun)
The noun ACORN TUBE has 1 sense:
1. a small vacuum tube; used at high frequencies
Familiarity information: ACORN TUBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small vacuum tube; used at high frequencies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("acorn tube" 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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