thermionic valve


nounBritish.

Origin of thermionic valve

1
First recorded in 1915–20

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How to use thermionic valve in a sentence

  • I have even made an attempt to understand the mystery that is called the thermionic valve.

    The Tower of Oblivion | Oliver Onions

British Dictionary definitions for thermionic valve

thermionic valve

noun
  1. an electronic valve in which electrons are emitted from a heated rather than a cold cathode

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