noun
A thermionic valve having four electrodes.
‘He was the one I was working with and I asked him if he could maybe build some tetrodes for us to experiment with.’- ‘Power tetrodes are also sometimes used in amateur radio and industrial applications.’
- ‘The three-pole array therefore acts as the feedback element stabilizing the operating point of the tetrode.’
- ‘These tetrodes only have connections for four electrodes, but they include a pair of ‘beam forming plates’ that direct the electron flows.’
- ‘The next generation of Thomson tetrodes will make it possible to reach the same levels of power at these frequencies in CW (continuous wave) operation, with an even higher efficiency’
Origin
Early 20th century from tetra-‘four’ + Greek hodos ‘way’.
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