HyperDic: lee_de_forest

English > 1 sense of the expression Lee De Forest:
NOUNperson Lee De Forest, De Forest, Father of RadioUnited States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)
English > Lee De Forest: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningUnited States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961).
SynonymsDe Forest, Father of Radio
Instance ofelectrical engineerA person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity
inventor, discoverer, artificersomeone who is the first to think of or make something
SpanishLee De Forest
CatalanLee De Forest

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