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Jul 3, 2002 18:37
22 yrs ago
Danish term

baretter

Non-PRO Danish to English Tech/Engineering
radio vacuum tube transistor reception
an early form of radio receiver was called a \'baretter\' in English
Proposed translations (English)
4 current-regulator-tube(radio)

Proposed translations

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current-regulator-tube(radio)

judging from the name, it must be a (vacuum)tube, the function of which is to regulate the current in the circuit
of the radio-receiver.

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Note added at 2002-07-03 19:05:14 (GMT)
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in the dictionary the spelling is barretter.
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