Rectifying Valve (Noun)
Meaning
A thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The rectifying valve is typically used in power supplies to convert AC voltage from the mains to DC voltage for electronic devices.
- In the early days of radio, rectifying valves were used to convert the AC voltage from the power grid to DC voltage for the radio's vacuum tubes.
- The rectifying valve is a type of thermionic tube that has two electrodes, an anode and a cathode, which are used to convert AC voltage to DC voltage.
- The invention of the rectifying valve revolutionized the field of electronics by providing a reliable and efficient means of converting AC voltage to DC voltage.
- In a typical power supply circuit, the rectifying valve is used in conjunction with a transformer and a filter capacitor to produce a smooth DC output voltage.