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TRIODE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does triode mean?
• TRIODE (noun)
The noun TRIODE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: TRIODE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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
Classified under:
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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