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Thermionic valve has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

2

An electronic device incorporating electrons from a glowing cathode inside an evacuated glass tube, functioning as a switch, amplifier etc. The British English term for a vacuum tube.

See Also
evacuated triode heptode switch hot cathode electronic vacuum tube glass
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