Tetrode

//ˈtɛtɹəʊd// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thermionic valve similar to a triode with the addition of a screen grid to improve the thermionic emission.
  2. 2
    a thermionic tube having four electrodes wordnet
  3. 3
    A dynatron.
  4. 4
    A dual-gate MOSFET.

Etymology

From tetr- + -ode.

Related phrases

beam tetrodekinkless tetrodecontrol griddual gate mosfetscreen gridthermionic valve

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