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Vacuum tube

Device that controls current between electrodesLater thermionic vacuum tubes, mostly miniature style, some with top cap connections for higher voltagesA vacuum tube, vac tube, electron tube, thermionicvalve (British usage), or tube (North America) is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied.

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