Meanings
nountriode (plural triodes)
plural triodes
- businessA thermionic valve containing an anode, a cathode, and a control grid; small changes to the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode, which makes amplification possible.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
- Proto-Indo-European*tri-
- Proto-Italic*tri-
- Latintri-
- Englishtri-
- Proto-Indo-European*sed-
- Proto-Indo-European*sodós?
- Proto-Hellenic*hodós
- Ancient Greekὁδός (hodós)
- Englishtriode
Translations
Bulgarian триод
- триод (triod)thermionic valve
Catalan tríode
- tríodethermionic valve
Chinese Mandarin 三極管 /三极管
- 三極管 /三极管 (sānjíguǎn)thermionic valve
Czech trioda
- triodathermionic valve
Danish triode
- triodethermionic valve
Dutch triode
- triodethermionic valve
Finnish triodi
- triodithermionic valve
French triode
- triodethermionic valve
German Triode
- Triodethermionic valve
Hungarian trióda
- triódathermionic valve
Italian triodo
- triodothermionic valve
Japanese 三極管
- 三極管 (sankyokukan)thermionic valve
Norwegian Bokmål triode
- triodethermionic valve
Polish trioda
- triodathermionic valve
Portuguese tríodo
- tríodothermionic valve
Romanian triodă
- triodăthermionic valve
Russian трио́д
- трио́д (triód)thermionic valve
Spanish triodo
- triodothermionic valve
Swedish triod
- triodthermionic valve
Tagalog talundas
- talundasthermionic valve
Vietnamese ống ba cực
- ống ba cựcthermionic valve
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with triode
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Cite this entry
APA
triode. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triode
MLA
“triode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triode. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triode,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triode.
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