HyperDic: rectifying_valve

English > 1 sense of the expression rectifying valve:
NOUNartifactrectifying valve, diode, rectifying tubea thermionic tube having two electrodes
English > rectifying valve: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier.
Synonymsdiode, rectifying tube
Broadertube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valveelectronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
Spanishdiodo

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