Associations to the word «Pentode»

Wiktionary

PENTODE, noun. A thermionic valve similar to a tetrode with the addition of a suppressor grid; was used in high quality audio and radio products

Dictionary definition

PENTODE, noun. A thermionic tube having five electrodes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats