vacuum tube
Example Sentences
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Making his first bid for political office, Garvey has proven to be as empty as a vacuum tube.
From Los Angeles Times
Before silicon, there were vacuum tubes, and before that, there were wires and telegraphs.
From Science Daily
However, the quantum noise that lurks inside the vacuum tubes that encase LIGO's laser beams can alter the timing of the photons in the beams by minutely small amounts.
From Science Daily
In the last century, our capacity to store and process data has soared, with electronics marching from the vacuum tube to the transistor to today’s semiconductor chips.
From Scientific American
Shaughnessy, a 30-year West Seattle resident, says he has in storage 2 million vacuum tubes, the kind used in old radios and amps.
From Seattle Times
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