thermionic valve
thermionic valve noun: an electronic device incorporating electrons from a glowing cathode inside an evacuated glass tube, functioning as a switch, amplifier etc.
Noun
thermionic valve (plural thermionic valves)
- An electronic device incorporating electrons from a glowing cathode inside an evacuated glass tube, functioning as a switch, amplifier etc.
- The age of electronics began in 1906 with Lee De Forest's invention of the vacuum tube, or, as the British (led by John Ambrose Fleming, whose work preceded De Forest's) described it, the thermionic valve.2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 65
- Synonyms:
- vacuum tube
thermionic valve meaning in Tamil
thermionic valve in Tamil
- வெப்பவயன்வாயில், சுடு வால்வு, வெப்ப மின்னணு ஓரதா, வெப்ப மின்னணு வால்வு, வெப்பவயன்வால்வு
Synonyms of thermionic valve
Forms of thermionic valve
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Questions about thermionic valve
- What does thermionic valve mean?
- Thermionic valve means an electronic device incorporating electrons from a glowing cathode inside an evacuated glass tube, functioning as a switch, amplifier etc.
- What is thermionic valve in Tamil?
- Thermionic valve in Tamil is வெப்பவயன்வாயில், சுடு வால்வு, வெப்ப மின்னணு ஓரதா. See Thermionic valve meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is thermionic valve?
- Thermionic valve is a noun.
- What is the plural of thermionic valve?
- The plural of thermionic valve is thermionic valves.
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