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Lee De Forest
/li
di
fˈɔrəst/
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Lee De Forest
noun
1.
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).
Synonyms:
De Forest
,
Father of Radio
.
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