Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rectifying_valve

1 sense of rectifying valve

Sense 1
diode, rectifying tube, rectifying valve -- (a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier)
       => tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve -- (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)