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de forest

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  • noun United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)

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hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. artificer
  2. discoverer
  3. electrical engineer
  4. inventor

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