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

Derived forms: thermionic valves

Type of: electronic device

Part of: circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit

Encyclopedia: Thermionic valve