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RECTIFYING VALVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rectifying valve mean?
• RECTIFYING VALVE (noun)
The noun RECTIFYING VALVE has 1 sense:
1. a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
Familiarity information: RECTIFYING VALVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
diode; rectifying tube; rectifying valve
Hypernyms ("rectifying valve" 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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