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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valvenoun

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

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  1. thermionic valvenoun

    An early electronic device incorporating electrons from a glowing cathode inside an evacuated glass tube; functioned as a switch, amplifier etc.

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  1. thermionic valve

    A thermionic valve, also known as a vacuum tube or an electron tube, is a device that controls the flow of electric current in a high vacuum between electrodes to which varying voltages are applied. The simplest type of thermionic valve, the diode, is used for conversion of alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC). Thermionic valves were crucial to the development of radio, television, and early computers.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thermionic valve in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thermionic valve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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