"tetrode" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛtɹəʊd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɛˌtɹoʊd/ [General-American] Forms: tetrodes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtɹəʊd Etymology: From tetr- + -ode. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|tetr|ode}} tetr- + -ode Head templates: {{en-noun}} tetrode (plural tetrodes)
  1. A thermionic valve similar to a triode with the addition of a screen grid to improve the thermionic emission. Translations (a thermionic valve similar to a triode with the addition of a screen grid to protect the control grid): тетрод (tetrod) [masculine] (Russian), tetrod [common-gender] (Swedish), patandas (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-tetrode-en-noun-w2Favmoy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with tetr-, English terms suffixed with -ode, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Electronics Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 25 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tetr-: 44 34 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ode: 31 33 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 24 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 28 37 Disambiguation of Electronics: 43 3 53 Disambiguation of 'a thermionic valve similar to a triode with the addition of a screen grid to protect the control grid': 84 6 10
  2. A dynatron.
    Sense id: en-tetrode-en-noun-5mMnarCY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ode, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 25 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ode: 31 33 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 28 37
  3. A dual-gate MOSFET.
    Sense id: en-tetrode-en-noun-e5uBvOYq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ode, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Electron tubes, Electronics, Semiconductors Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 25 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ode: 31 33 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 29 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 25 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 25 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 27 25 48 Disambiguation of Electron tubes: 21 25 55 Disambiguation of Electronics: 43 3 53 Disambiguation of Semiconductors: 22 24 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beam tetrode, kinkless tetrode Related terms: diode, triode, pentode, -ode

Inflected forms

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