Definition of Tickler coil

1. Noun. A small coil in series with the anode of a vacuum tube and coupled to the grid to provide feedback.

Generic synonyms: Coil

Definition of Tickler coil

1. Noun. (dated electronics) A small coil in series with the anode of a vacuum tube and coupled to the grid to provide feedback. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tickler Coil

ticking-over
ticking bomb
ticking off
tickings
tickle pink
tickle somebody's funny bone
tickle someone's fancy
tickle the ivories
tickled
tickled pink
ticklenburg
ticklenburgs
tickleness
tickler coil (current term)
tickler file
ticklers
tickles
ticklier
tickliest
tickling
ticklingly
ticklings
ticklish
ticklishly
ticklishness
ticklishnesses
tickly
tickmark

Literary usage of Tickler coil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Radio Phone Receiving: A Practical Book for Everybody by Erich Hausmann, Alfred Norton Goldsmith, Louis Alan Hazeltine, John V. L. Hogan, John Harold Morecroft, Frank Emanuel Canavaciol, Robert D. Gibson, Paul C. Hoernel (1922)
"This reinforced oscillation is in turn amplified by the tube, increasing the radio-frequency current through the tickler coil and further reinforcing the ..."

2. Junior General Science by Daniel Russell Hodgdon (1922)
"The current * then passes to 16 and enters the tickler coil mark Z which is shown by 16, the dark part in coil Z. The tickler coil current 16 causes a ..."

3. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"... but it may well be that the two coils of the coupler permit enough elec- . TO plate trostatic coupling of the plate and grid .-tickler coil ..."

4. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"Thus if the tuned grid circuit uses one of the coils of a loose coupler and the other coil of the coupler, or a section of it, is used for the tickler coil, ..."

5. Radio Hook-ups: A Reference and Record Book of Circuits Used for Connecting by Milton Blake Sleeper (1922)
"A one step transformer coupled amplifier with a tickler coil for undamped wave reception for the regeneration of spark signals. The fixed condensers in the ..."

6. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"... is used for the tickler coil, it may be found that when the coils are separated, oscillations occur, no matter which way the tickler coil is connected ..."

7. Design Data for Radio Transmitters and Receivers by Milton Blake Sleeper (1922)
"The tickler coil, Fig. 18, is most often used to amplify spark signals and to make ... The Typical tickler coil Circuit for Regeneration or Undamped Wave ..."

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