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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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Because the plate circuit is coupled to the grid circuit the result is a larger e. m. f. in the grid circuit than the incoming signal could set up all by itself.

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

You remember that the current in the 68plate circuit can be controlled by the e. m. f. which is applied to the grid circuit.

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

Likewise the grid circuit reactor is used to keep the voltage of the grid at a constant value.

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

The batteries and slide wire resistance which are connected in the grid circuit are already familiar to you.

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

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

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