Definition of Pliotron

1. a type of vacuum tube [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pliotron

plinking
plinks
plinky
plinth
plinthed
plinths
pliocene
pliofilm
pliofilms
pliohippus
pliosaur
pliosaurs
pliosaurus
pliothermal
pliothermic
pliotron (current term)
pliotrons
plipped
plipper
plippers
plipping
pliskie
pliskies
plisky
plisse
plisses
ploat
ploated
ploating
ploats

Literary usage of Pliotron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical Wireless Telegraphy: A Complete Text Book for Students of Radio by Elmer Eustice Bucher (1917)
"pliotron OSCILLATOR. ^ 213. In General.—Progress in the United States in the development of sustained oscillation generators has been particularly marked ..."

2. Practical Wireless Telegraphy: A Complete Text Book for Students of Radio by Elmer Eustice Bucher (1917)
"THE pliotron OSCILLATOR. 213. In General.—Progress in the United States in the development of sustained oscillation generators has been particularly marked ..."

3. Proceedings of the IRE. by Institute of Radio Engineers (1918)
"The current thru the pliotron, for constant grid voltage, increases with increasing voltage of the plate, that is, it has the characteristic of a positive ..."

4. Proceedings of the IRE. by Institute of Radio Engineers (1915)
"The current carrying capacity of the pliotron is limited only by the size of cathodes that it is found convenient to use and by the voltage available. ..."

5. Vacuum Tubes in Wireless Communication: A Practical Textbook for Operators by Elmer Eustice Bucher (1918)
"The "pliotron" when used as an oscillator for the production of alternating ... The '' pliotron'' thus becomes a converter of direct currents into radio ..."

6. Practical Wireless Telegraphy: A Complete Text Book for Students of Radio by Elmer Eustice Bucher (1917)
"pliotron OSCILLATOR. ^ 213. In General.—Progress in the United States in the development of sustained oscillation generators has been particularly marked ..."

7. Practical Wireless Telegraphy: A Complete Text Book for Students of Radio by Elmer Eustice Bucher (1917)
"THE pliotron OSCILLATOR. 213. In General.—Progress in the United States in the development of sustained oscillation generators has been particularly marked ..."

8. Proceedings of the IRE. by Institute of Radio Engineers (1918)
"The current thru the pliotron, for constant grid voltage, increases with increasing voltage of the plate, that is, it has the characteristic of a positive ..."

9. Proceedings of the IRE. by Institute of Radio Engineers (1915)
"The current carrying capacity of the pliotron is limited only by the size of cathodes that it is found convenient to use and by the voltage available. ..."

10. Vacuum Tubes in Wireless Communication: A Practical Textbook for Operators by Elmer Eustice Bucher (1918)
"The "pliotron" when used as an oscillator for the production of alternating ... The '' pliotron'' thus becomes a converter of direct currents into radio ..."

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