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FATHER OF RADIO

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• FATHER OF RADIO (noun)
The noun FATHER OF RADIO 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: FATHER OF RADIO used as a noun is very rare.

• FATHER OF RADIO (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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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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(Afghanistan proverb)
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(Arabic proverb)
"One bird in your hand is better than ten on the roof."
(Danish proverb)

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