audion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.

Word forms

audion audions

Etymology

Neologism based on Latin audio (“to hear”).

Derived words

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