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With a triode horn setup like the Ojas, there is a subtle recalibration of the physical world.
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Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
Depending on how many grids the tube has, it is called a diode (no grids), a triode (one grid), a tetrode (two grids), and so on.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2020
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Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
Depending on how many grids the tube has, it is called a diode (no grids), a triode (one grid), a tetrode (two grids), and so on.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2020
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“Triode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triode. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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triode
noun
tri·ode
ˈtrī-ˌōd 
: a vacuum tube with three electrodes
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