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DE FOREST

Pronunciation (US):

• DE FOREST (noun)
The noun DE FOREST has 1 sense:

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)

Familiarity information: DE FOREST used as a noun is very rare.

• DE FOREST (noun)

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Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

De Forest; Father of Radio; Lee De Forest

Instance hypernyms:

electrical engineer (a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity)

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

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(English proverb)
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(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"Who does not go with you, go with him."
(Arabic proverb)
"The one you love you punish."
(Danish proverb)

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