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triode
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun triode has 1 sense
- triode(n = noun.artifact) Array - 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; Array is a kind of electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube
OXFORD DICTIONARY
triode, n.
1 a thermionic valve having three electrodes.
2 a semiconductor rectifier having three connections.
1 a thermionic valve having three electrodes.
2 a semiconductor rectifier having three connections.
Etymology
TRI- + ELECTRODE
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