|
|
Definition of Thermionic tube
1. Noun. Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope.
Specialized synonyms: Acorn Tube, Diode, Rectifying Tube, Rectifying Valve, Electron Multiplier, Gas-discharge Tube, Klystron, Magnetron, Pentode, Television Pickup Tube, Television-camera Tube, Tetrode, Triode, X-ray Tube
Terms within: Anode, Cathode, Electrode, Control Grid, Grid, Plate
Group relationships: Circuit, Electric Circuit, Electrical Circuit
Generic synonyms: Electronic Device
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermionic Tube
Literary usage of Thermionic tube
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Electrical Engineering by William Henry Timbie, Vannevar Bush (1922)
"A thermionic tube with ii grid introduced between the filament and the cold plate.
When a voltage is established between filament and plate in a ..."
2. The Thermionic Valve and Its Developments in Radio-telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1919)
"... e Pure Electron Discharge," already mentioned in Chapter III., in which a
description is given of a high vacuum three-electrode thermionic tube called a ..."
3. Transactions (1919)
"VACUUM TUBES The application to radio inter-communication of the vacuum tube—perhaps
more properly called the thermionic tube or bulb—is one of the most ..."
4. Catalogue by Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) (1920)
"Lectures and laboratory work on the theory of the two-element and three-element
thermionic tube, and its application as rectifier, detector, amplifier, ..."
5. Transactions (1921)
"... that is, the thermionic tube. Originally invented by Edison, this device was
first applied as a radio detector by Fleming about 1904. ..."
Other Resources:
