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Triode

A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode, which makes amplification possible.

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A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode, which makes amplification possible.

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hexodenoun	a thermionic valve containing two triodes; was used in superheterodyne radio receivers
munoun	The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.
tetrodenoun	A thermionic valve similar to a triode with the addition of a screen grid to improve the thermionic emission.
phanotronnoun	A kind of rectifier consisting of a thermionic gas tube.
audionnoun	An early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.
phototriodenoun	A three-terminal semiconductor.
vacuum tubenoun	(electronics) A type of electron tube that controls electron current through vacuum between electrodes within a sealed container, usually of glass or metal and often designed to be easily installed in and removed from the equipment in which it is used.
audion tubenoun	An electronic amplifier device invented in 1906, the forerunner of the triode.
phototubenoun	A gas-filled electron tube that has a photosensitive cathode.
crossatronnoun	(electronics) A high-power pulsed modulator device, a cold cathode gas-filled tube that combines useful features of thyratrons, vacuum tubes, and power semiconductor switches.
photoglow tubenoun	A phototube in which an electric current flows when a certain illumination is reached; used as a relay
photomultipliernoun	(physics) A device, normally in the form of a tube, that uses a photocathode to convert photons into photoelectrons which are then amplified.
semidiodenoun	A diode constructed from semiconductors rather than valves
vidiconnoun	A device in a television camera that forms an image composed of varying charges on a photoconductive surface
vircatornoun	virtual cathode oscillator
photomultiplier tubenoun	(electronics) A type of vacuum tube that detects electromagnetic radiation in the range from ultraviolet to infrared, including the visible spectrum, and them amplifies the detection induced current into an output signal
microcathodenoun	A very small cathode
braun tubenoun	(historical) An early cathode ray tube.
alphatronnoun	A kind of ionization tube for measuring vacuum.
photopentodenoun	a pentode whose electrical characteristics are light-sensitive