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De Forest   /di fˈɔrəst/   Listen
De Forest

noun
1.
United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961).  Synonyms: Father of Radio, Lee De Forest.





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"De Forest" Quotes from Famous Books



... was to return on Friday with the Honorable De Forest Barr-Smith, who lived in London and "represented English capital." To us Westerners the very hyphen of his name spoke eloquently of L s. d. Through him we hoped to get the money to build that street railway. Cornish had written that Mr. Barr-Smith wanted to ...
— Aladdin & Co. - A Romance of Yankee Magic • Herbert Quick


Words linked to "De Forest" :   artificer, inventor, discoverer, electrical engineer


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