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triode Definition

tri·ode (trī′ōd′)

noun

an electronic device with three electrodes; esp., an electron tube with an anode, cathode, and grid

Etymology: tri- + (electr)ode

triode Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • valve: And it's got a real, old-fashioned triode valve glowing away on top.
  • tube: The book includes some fascinating photos - including that of HP's founders with Lee De Forest, the triode tube inventor.
  • section: The triode section of this valve acts as the local oscillator in a tuned anode feed-back circuit, and it is parallel fed.
  • grid: The grid and cathode act as a diode, with the triode grid functioning as the diode ' anode ' .
  • squarer: In Chapter 4 ( p 88 ) we saw that the output from a triode squarer is not a perfect square wave.