"audion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: audions [plural]
Etymology: Neologism based on Latin audio (“to hear”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|audio||to hear}} Latin audio (“to hear”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} audion (plural audions)
  1. An early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate. Wikipedia link: audion Derived forms: audion tube Translations (Translations): Audion-putki (Finnish), audion [masculine] (Polish)

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