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Triode Definition & Meaning

triode
noun
  1. 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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What does triode mean?
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
What part of speech is triode?
Triode is a noun.

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