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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

Example Sentences

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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 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

A small effect in the grid circuit produces a large effect in the plate circuit.

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

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 Mills, John

“You see, this is done by means of the oscillating tube, the grid circuit being connected through the tuned circuit of the amplifying tube.”

From The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance by Chapman, Allen

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