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triode

UK/ˈtɹaɪ.əʊd/ US/ˈtɹaɪ.oʊd/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

From tri- + -ode.

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