vacuum tube

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Definitions

Noun

electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

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Synonyms

electron tube thermionic tube thermionic vacuum tube thermionic valve tube

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More General Terms

electronic device

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More Specific Terms

acorn tube diode electron multiplier gas-discharge tube klystron magnetron pentode rectifying tube rectifying valve television pickup tube television-camera tube tetrode triode X-ray tube

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