Father of Radio

Father of Radio
noun
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)
Syn: ↑De Forest, ↑Lee De Forest
Instance Hypernyms: ↑electrical engineer, ↑inventor, ↑discoverer, ↑artificer

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