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Pentode

A thermionic valve similar to a tetrode with the addition of a third grid, the suppressor grid; was/is used in high quality audio and radio products

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A thermionic valve similar to a tetrode with the addition of a third grid, the suppressor grid; was/is used in high quality audio and radio products

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diodenoun	(electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
munoun	The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.
cutoffnoun	The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
hexodenoun	a thermionic valve containing two triodes; was used in superheterodyne radio receivers
heptodenoun	A compound thermionic valve containing a triode and tetrode; was used in superheterodyne radio receivers.
tetrodenoun	A thermionic valve similar to a triode with the addition of a screen grid to improve the thermionic emission.
octodenoun	(dated, electronics) A thermionic valve that has eight electrodes or similar elements
nonodenoun	(electronics) A thermionic valve that has nine internal electrodes (typically including seven grids)
triacnoun	(electronics) A three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered; a bidirectional triode thyristor.
triadnoun	A grouping of three.
duotypenoun	(historical) A print made from two halftone photographic plates made from the same negative, but etched differently.
tridiapasonnoun	(music, historical) A triple octave, or twenty-second.
teracyclenoun	terahertz
hexadecapolenoun	(physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles
trideonoun	(science fiction) A three-dimensional video.
tri-dinoun	Alternative form of tri-D. [(science fiction) Synonym of tri-V (“a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video”).]
triniscopenoun	(television, historical) An early color television system using three separate video tubes with colored phosphors producing the primary colors, combining the images through dichroic mirrors onto a screen for viewing.
tera-voltnoun	One million million (10¹²) volts, abbreviated as TV.
trimphonenoun	(UK) A luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial.
three-deckernoun	Anything with three layers or levels.