A thick, soupy substance, usually foul in appearance and/or smell.
A filthy brown sludge ran down the walls of the public bathroom.
The anode in a vacuum tube; the surface to which electrons are attracted.
If you use the 201A tube as an amplifier, you should give it a plate voltage of 90 volts.
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A type of radio circuit that amplifies by feeding the output signal back into the input (regenerating) in such a manner that the signal is strenghtened.
If you improperly adjust the feedback on a regenerative receiver, it becomes a transmitter and will mess up the neighbors' radios!
To convert alternating current to direct current by means of a semiconductive material or a vacuum tube.
The AC power in my amplifier is rectified by a 5U4GB tube.
A gaseous discharge consisting of methane and hydrogen sulfide that when expelled, produced a sound like that of a horn.
Do you really need an example? Well, ok.
/leans...*HOOOOOONK!*
1. A Thompson submachine gun.
2. The rotating part of a mechanical siren
3. A helicopter
1. "Hand me that chopper" (from movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
2. The sirens chopper is responsible for producing sound. It "chops" the air stream.
3. The chopper should be here any minute!
Tuned Radio Frequency (see
radio)
I have a TRF radio from 1925. It's difficult to use compared to what we use now.
