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    DE FOREST

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     I. (noun) 

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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)play

    Synonyms:

    De Forest; Father of Radio; Lee De Forest

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    Nouns denoting people

    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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