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Intensive 1______________ of radio-location began in the early forties. All these years the vacuum tube was the heart of electronics and, hence, the field of electronics was usually 2_______________ as the study of the motion of electrons in vacuum tubes. However, it was found that small, controlled quantities of gas introduced into a "vacuum tube" could make it perform switching, 3______________ and other jobs. To include the category of gas-filled tubes, "vacuum tubes" became converted to "electron tubes" and the science of electronics was expanded to include the study of electron motion in 4______________.
development
defined
rectifying
gases