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firebottle: n.obs. A large, primitive, power-hungry active electrical device, similar
in function to a FET but constructed out of glass, metal, and vacuum.
Characterized by high cost, low density, low reliability, high-temperature
operation, and high power dissipation. Sometimes mistakenly called a
tube in the U.S. or a valve in England; another hackish term is
glassfet.
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