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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A tetrode with grid and plate potentials so arranged that plate current decreases when plate potential increases.

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  • noun a tetrode in which the voltage on the screen grid is higher than that on the control grid, causing the plate current to decrease as plate voltage increases; was used in oscillators

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek dunamis, power; see dynamic + –tron.]

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