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dɪ ˈfɔr ɪst, ˈfɒr-de for·est

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. De Forest, Lee De Forest, Father of Radionoun

    United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)

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  1. de forest

    De Forest, often referring to Lee De Forest, was an American inventor and early pioneer in radio and in the development of sound-on-film recording used for motion pictures. He is often known as the "Father of Radio" and had over 180 patents to his name. His most famous invention was the 'Audion' triode vacuum tube in 1906, which was the precursor to the vacuum tubes used in radio, television, and radar. The term “de forest” can also refer to an ecological condition where tree coverage has been drastically reduced, also known as deforestation.

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  1. De Forest

    DeForest, originally part of the town of Windsor, is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Yahara River. The population was 8,936 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of de forest in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of de forest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of de forest in a Sentence

  1. Dejan Stojanovic:

    Through a forest of challenges, thought moves and squirms, resisting beguilements; if it endures, it emerges pure.

  2. Mark Parrington:

    Once upon a time, you had a fire every 100 to 150 years in one location, which means the forest completely regenerates and you end up with a mature forest, and then the fire comes along, and then you start again, what we're seeing in some parts of Eastern Siberia is the fires are happening every 10 to 30 years now, in some places, and what Eastern Siberia means is the forest is not going to be able to become mature, and you end up with an [ ecosystem ] shift to kind of a shrub land or swampy grassland.

  3. Daniel Swain:

    This is one of the reasons why I think the highest increase in risk for wildfires will probably be in the forests. The risk of big true forest fires is going to be especially elevated in Southern California.

  4. Ron Kind:

    I just hope that they are not losing the forest to the tree here.

  5. Tom Waldo:

    This is a brazen attempt by the Forest Service to rewrite the rules for the forest, and it's coming at the expense of habitat on Prince of Wales Island that's important for wildlife and for people and communities, for hunting, fishing, recreation and tourism.

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