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Audion meaning

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

Using Audion

  • The main meaning on this page is: An early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.
  • In the example corpus, audion often appears in combinations such as: the audion.

Context around Audion

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

invented 1×

Often after:

tube 1× leaflets 1× leading 1× mit 1× vacuum 1×

Sentence patterns with Audion

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

called the audion 1× called the audion leading fleming 1× in its audion leaflets the 1× invention of audion tube repeaters 1× recently invented audion vacuum tube 1× the audion was incompletely 1× to the audion mit press 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after the turn 1× in 1906 lee 1× in its audion 1× john ambrose fleming 1× sungook hong wireless 1× the audion was 1×

Common sentence endings:

called the audion 1× copying his ideas 1× could produce oscillations 1× hard vacuum triodes 1× high a vacuum 1× radio transmission system 1×

Words around Audion

Just before it in the word index:

audiometry 3 audiomack 5 audiology 21 audiologists 7 audiologist 14 audiological 2

Just after it in the word index:

audions 4 audiophile 22 audiophiles 25 audios 7 audioslave 5 audiotape 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Audion

  • In this selection, "audion" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, invented, tube, leaflets and leading stand out and add context to how "audion" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include called the audion and called the audion leading fleming. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "audion" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with audion

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In 1906, Lee De Forest brought out a vacuum tube device which he called the " audion ". (16 words)

In its Audion leaflets, the De Forest company even warned against any operation which might lead to too high a vacuum. (21 words)

The Audion was incompletely evacuated and ionization of residual gas in it caused it to function somewhat differently from the later thermionic "hard vacuum" triodes. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

John Ambrose Fleming (1906) In 1906, Lee De Forest of the US added a control "grid" to the valve to create a vacuum tube RF detector called the Audion, leading Fleming to accuse him of copying his ideas. (38 words)

After the turn of the century it was found that negative resistance mercury lamps could amplify, and they were used. citation The invention of audion tube repeaters around 1916 made transcontinental telephony practical. (33 words)

Sungook Hong, Wireless: From Marconi's Black-box to the Audion, MIT Press, 2001. page 20-22 Marconi's experimental apparatus proved to be the first engineering-complete, commercially successful radio transmission system. (33 words)

Example sentences (7)

After the turn of the century it was found that negative resistance mercury lamps could amplify, and they were used. citation The invention of audion tube repeaters around 1916 made transcontinental telephony practical.

In 1906, Lee De Forest brought out a vacuum tube device which he called the " audion ".

In its Audion leaflets, the De Forest company even warned against any operation which might lead to too high a vacuum.

John Ambrose Fleming (1906) In 1906, Lee De Forest of the US added a control "grid" to the valve to create a vacuum tube RF detector called the Audion, leading Fleming to accuse him of copying his ideas.

Sungook Hong, Wireless: From Marconi's Black-box to the Audion, MIT Press, 2001. page 20-22 Marconi's experimental apparatus proved to be the first engineering-complete, commercially successful radio transmission system.

The Audion was incompletely evacuated and ionization of residual gas in it caused it to function somewhat differently from the later thermionic "hard vacuum" triodes.

The vacuum tube feedback oscillator was invented around 1912, when it was discovered that feedback ("regeneration") in the recently invented audion vacuum tube could produce oscillations.

Common combinations with audion

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "audion" in a sentence?
An example: "After the turn of the century it was found that negative resistance mercury lamps could amplify, and they were used. citation The invention of audion tube repeaters around 1916 made transcontinental telephony practical." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "audion" from authentic English texts.
What does "audion" mean?
Audion means: An early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated glass tube with three electrodes, a heated filament, a grid, and a plate.
How many example sentences with "audion" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "audion", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.