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audion

audion noun: an early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.

Noun

audion (plural audions)

  1. An early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.

Forms of audion

pluralaudions

Origin of audion

Neologism based on Latin audio (“to hear”).

Words formed from audion

Phrases with audion

Questions about audion

What does audion mean?
Audion means an early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.
What part of speech is audion?
Audion is a noun.
What is the plural of audion?
The plural of audion is audions.

Words near audion in the dictionary

  1. audiometries
  2. audiometrist
  3. audiometrists
  4. audiometry
  5. audiomotor
  6. audion
  7. audion tube
  8. audion tubes
  9. audions
  10. audiopathy
  11. audiophile

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