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PENTODE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pentode mean?
• PENTODE (noun)
The noun PENTODE has 1 sense:
1. a thermionic tube having five electrodes
Familiarity information: PENTODE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thermionic tube having five electrodes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pentode" is a kind of...):
electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)
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