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ˈtraɪ oʊdtri·ode

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. triodenoun

    a thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes; fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible

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  1. triodenoun

    A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible

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  1. Triode

    A triode is an electronic amplifying vacuum tube (or valve in British English) consisting of three electrodes inside an evacuated glass envelope: a heated filament or cathode, a grid, and a plate (anode). Developed from Lee De Forest's 1906 Audion, a partial vacuum tube that added a grid electrode to the thermionic diode (Fleming valve), the triode was the first practical electronic amplifier and the ancestor of other types of vacuum tubes such as the tetrode and pentode. Its invention founded the electronics age, making possible amplified radio technology and long-distance telephony. Triodes were widely used in consumer electronics devices such as radios and televisions until the 1970s, when transistors replaced them. Today, their main remaining use is in high-power RF amplifiers in radio transmitters and industrial RF heating devices. In recent years there has been a resurgence in demand for low power triodes due to renewed interest in tube-type audio systems by audiophiles who prefer the pleasantly (warm) distorted sound of tube-based electronics.The name "triode" was coined by British physicist William Eccles some time around 1920, derived from the Greek τρίοδος, tríodos, from tri- (three) and hodós (road, way), originally meaning the place where three roads meet.

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  1. triode

    A triode is a type of vacuum tube that contains three elements: the cathode, the anode, and the control grid. It functions as an electronic amplifier, oscillator, or switch. The cathode and anode are responsible for providing an electrical current from one end of the tube to the other, while the control grid controls this current flow by adjusting its voltage, allowing the triode to amplify or switch electronic signals.

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  1. Triode

    A triode is an electronic amplification tube having three active electrodes. The term most commonly applies to glass vacuum tube with three elements: the filament or cathode, the grid, and the plate or anode. The triode vacuum tube was the first electronic amplification device, which propelled the electronics age forward, by enabling amplified radio technology and long-distance telephony. Triodes were widely used in consumer electronics until the 1950s, when transistors replaced them. Today their main remaining use is for high power RF amplifiers in radio transmitters and industrial RF heating devices. The word is derived from the Greek τρίοδος, tríodos, from tri- and hodós, originally meaning the place where three roads meet.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of triode in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of triode in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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