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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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When the plate current stops, the condenser in 95the grid circuit is charged, with plate 1 negative and 2 positive.

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

If you do this over and over again, taking always the same time for one round trip of the clip you will be impressing on the grid circuit an “alternating e. m. f.”

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

The oscillations are varied by means of the telegraph key which is placed in the grid circuit as shown in Fig.

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

The chopper interrupts the oscillations surging through the grid circuit at a frequency that the ear can hear, that is to say, about 800 to 1,000 times per second.

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

If you can, buy one which will work between the plate circuit of one vacuum tube and the grid circuit of another similar tube.

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

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