"triode" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: triodes [plural]
Etymology: tri- + -ode Etymology templates: {{confix|en|tri|ode}} tri- + -ode Head templates: {{en-noun}} triode (plural triodes)
  1. A thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode, which makes amplification possible. Wikipedia link: triode Categories (topical): Electron tubes, Electronics Related terms: diode, pentode Translations (thermionic valve): триод (triod) (Bashkir), триод (triod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 三極管 (Chinese Mandarin), 三极管 (sānjíguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), triodi (Finnish), triode [feminine] (French), trióda (Hungarian), 三極管 (sankyokukan) (alt: さんきょくかん) (Japanese), триод (triod) (Kazakh), триод (triod) (Kyrgyz), триода (trioda) (Macedonian), трио́д (triód) [masculine] (Russian), triodo [masculine] (Spanish), triod [common-gender] (Swedish), talundas (Tagalog), ống ba cực (Vietnamese)

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