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grid circuit

American  

noun

Electronics.
  1. that part of a circuit that contains the cathode and the grid of a vacuum tube.


Etymology

Origin of grid circuit

First recorded in 1915–20

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Then we shift the slider in the grid circuit so as to give the grid a small potential.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

Connect some small dry cells in series for use in the grid circuit.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

It means that two volts in the grid circuit have the same effect on the plate current as ten volts in the plate circuit.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

Because the plate circuit is coupled to the grid circuit the grid is again affected and so there is a still larger effect in the plate circuit.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

The reactor for the plate and grid circuit of a wireless telephone transmitter where one or more tubes are used as modulators as shown in the wiring diagram in Fig.

From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

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