HyperDic: father_of_radio

English > 1 sense of the expression Father of Radio:
NOUNperson Father of Radio, De Forest, Lee De ForestUnited 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 > Father of Radio: 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, Lee De Forest
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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