triode
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- noun
- /ˈtraɪoʊd/
- Specialized
- This approach is enforced not only by space considerations, but also by the fact that the passing years have erased triodes, power pentodes, klystrons, traveling-wave tubes, and the like from my memory.
Examples
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Ooh, a super androdyne radio with triode tubes.
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Ion Pumps: Diode, Triode, Differential/Hydrogen.
Academic text (1997) -
And this little box that you see right here, solid state, no moving parts is the vacuum triode that's doing this very practical and historical work.
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The triode model, different both electrically and physically from the others, allows high speed and stability when pumping getterable and noble gases, even at relatively high pressures.
Academic text (2002) -
The StarCell VacIon Plus element is a variation of the triode design, enabling constant operation at pressures of 10-8 mbar or above.
Academic text (2002) -
They will operate the tips in a non-contact triode, which avoids wear on the tips but requires the control of each tip with a servo and feedback loop.
Academic text (2002) -
I don't know to what extent changes in the modern human lineage made the mental hardware of early Homo sapiens something like a transistor-based computer that had to compete against the older triode-based models that filled the planet.
Blog text (14) -
We got the deForest triode amplifier, we gave the Strowger switch, we got a rather primitive version of solid-state physics, and we traded them Claude Shannon's work on information theory.
Fiction book (1997) -
The VacIon Plus family includes diode, noble diode, triode, and StarCell pump versions, along with the company's MiniVac and Multivac Ion Pump controllers.
Academic text (2002) -
The triode is a crucial component in amplifying electrical signals in many radios.
Synonyms
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A glass or metal device that controls the flow of electricity in old radios and machines
A glass or metal tube that uses heat to make electricity flow without air
Surface Forms
Morphology
triode = diode (semi-transparent) = tri + ode
Formed by the combining prefix 'tri-' plus the combining form '-ode' (as in 'diode'); the meaning 'three-electrode device' is derivable but relies on technical terminology and combining forms not familiar to all learners.
Etymology
Triode comes from Greek parts tri- meaning 'three' (as in triangle or trio) and -ode meaning 'way' or 'path', the same ending you see in electrode. So a triode is literally a 'three-way' device, with three important parts called 'electrodes' that let it control and amplify electrical signals.