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TRIODE
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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
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)