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control grid

control grid noun: an electrode used in amplifying thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) such as the triode, tetrode and pentode, used to control the flow of electrons from the cathode to the anode. It usually consists of a cylindrical screen or helix of fine wire surrounding the cathode, and is surrounded in turn by the anode.

Noun

control grid (plural control grids)

  1. An electrode used in amplifying thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) such as the triode, tetrode and pentode, used to control the flow of electrons from the cathode to the anode. It usually consists of a cylindrical screen or helix of fine wire surrounding the cathode, and is surrounded in turn by the anode.

control grid meaning in Tamil

control grid in Tamil

ஆணெய்யரி, கட்டுப்பாட்டு கிரிட், கட்டுப்படுத்து வலை

Forms of control grid

pluralcontrol grids

Questions about control grid

What does control grid mean?
Control grid means an electrode used in amplifying thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) such as the triode, tetrode and pentode, used to control the flow of electrons from the cathode to the anode. It usually consists of a cylindrical screen or helix of fine wire surrounding the cathode, and is surrounded in turn by the anode.
What is control grid in Tamil?
Control grid in Tamil is ஆணெய்யரி, கட்டுப்பாட்டு கிரிட், கட்டுப்படுத்து வலை. See Control grid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is control grid?
Control grid is a noun.
What is the plural of control grid?
The plural of control grid is control grids.

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