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electron tube amplifier, electron-tube amplifier (s) (noun); electron tube amplifiers, electron-tube amplifiers (pl)
A circuit which uses electron tubes to provide the additional power needed to increase a signal: "An electron-tube amplifier provides the required increase in signal strength."
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