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thermionic valve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
thermion-ic -valve
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

thermionic valves (plural)

Phrases

valve amplifier

Synonyms

vacuum tube tube thermionic vacuum tube thermionic tube electron tube

Questions

What does thermionic valve mean?
An electronic device incorporating electrons from a glowing cathode inside an evacuated glass tube, functioning as a switch, amplifier etc.

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