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A thermionic tube having five electrodes
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pentode
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n. a thermionic tube having five electrodes
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n. a thermionic valve similar to a tetrode with the addition of a suppressor grid; was used in high quality audio and radio products
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A pentode is an electronic device having five active electrodes . The term most commonly applies to a three-grid amplifying vacuum tube (thermionic valve), which was invented by Gilles Holst and Bernhard D.H. Tellegen in 1926. The pentode consists of an ...
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She ran to the racks of glowing and humming pentodes on the far wall, throwing her arms wide as if to hide them from sight.