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Noun: thermionic vacuum tube
  1. Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
    - tube, vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve

Derived forms: thermionic vacuum tubes

Type of: electronic device

Part of: circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit