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After graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1924 with a degree in electrical engineering, DuMont worked in a plant that manufactured vacuum tubes.
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IEEE Spectrum, 3 July 2025
This model comes with a vacuum tube, a blower tube, and a collection bag.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024
Unlike the giant mainframes of this era, which relied on thousands of vacuum tubes, Simon was compact and animated by a handful of inexpensive relays—simple electrical on/off switches.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2023
The aim of the project is to build a high-speed railway that carries 40-ft (12.2-m) shipping containers in a partial vacuum tube at speeds rivaling that of flight.
—Joe Salas, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 3 July 2025
This model comes with a vacuum tube, a blower tube, and a collection bag.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024
Unlike the giant mainframes of this era, which relied on thousands of vacuum tubes, Simon was compact and animated by a handful of inexpensive relays—simple electrical on/off switches.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2023
The aim of the project is to build a high-speed railway that carries 40-ft (12.2-m) shipping containers in a partial vacuum tube at speeds rivaling that of flight.
—Joe Salas, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vacuum tube
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“Vacuum tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuum%20tube. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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