grid circuit

American  

noun

Electronics.

1. that part of a circuit that contains the cathode and the grid of a vacuum tube.

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Etymology

Origin of grid circuit

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

It means that two volts in the grid circuit have the same effect on the plate current as ten volts in the plate circuit.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

If you can, buy one which will work between the plate circuit of one vacuum tube and the grid circuit of another similar tube.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

If we put a battery in the grid circuit we can let EC represent the number of volts applied to the grid-filament or C-circuit.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

The result is still more electrons in the part of the grid circuit which is formed by the grid, the plate 2 of the grid condenser and the connecting wire.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

The chopper interrupts the oscillations surging through the grid circuit at a frequency that the ear can hear, that is to say, about 800 to 1,000 times per second.

From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)