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vacuum tube

vacuum tube noun: 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.

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Noun

vacuum tube (plural vacuum tubes)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    valve, electron tube

vacuum tube meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Tagalog and Thai

vacuum tube in Tamil

வெற்றிடக்குழல், வெற்றிடக் கவாடம், வெற்றிடக் குழல்

vacuum tube in Malayalam

നിർവാത നാളി, ടെട്രാഡ്‌

vacuum tube in Tagalog

electrical device
awanging tubo

vacuum tube in Thai

electrical device
หลอดสุญญากาศ, หลอดวิทยุ
More languagesFewer languages
vacuum tube in Vietnamese
ống chân không

Synonyms of vacuum tube

Forms of vacuum tube

pluralvacuum tubes

Words formed from vacuum tube

Questions about vacuum tube

What does vacuum tube mean?
Vacuum tube means 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.
What is vacuum tube in Tamil?
Vacuum tube in Tamil is வெற்றிடக்குழல், வெற்றிடக் கவாடம், வெற்றிடக் குழல். See Vacuum tube meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vacuum tube?
Vacuum tube is a noun.
What is the plural of vacuum tube?
The plural of vacuum tube is vacuum tubes.

Words near vacuum tube in the dictionary

  1. vacuum poses
  2. vacuum pump
  3. vacuum pumps
  4. vacuum sealer
  5. vacuum sealers
  6. vacuum tube
  7. vacuum tubes
  8. vacuum up
  9. vacuum valve
  10. vacuum valves
  11. vacuum workout

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vacuum tube (page history and authors); vacuum tube (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vacuum tube (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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