audion

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noun

An early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.

OriginLatin audio →
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Meanings

nounaudion (plural audions)

plural audions

  1. An early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.

Origin

  1. Latinaudio“to hear”
  2. Englishaudion

Neologism based on Latin audio (“to hear”).

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Translations

Finnish Audion-putki
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Polish audion
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APA

audion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audion

MLA

“audion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audion. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “audion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audion.

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