De Forest

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

De Forest
    n 1: United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the
         first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect
         and amplify radio waves (1873-1961) [syn: {De Forest}, {Lee
         De Forest}, {Father of Radio}]

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

De Forest, WI (village, FIPS 19350)
  Location: 43.24576 N, 89.34575 W
  Population (1990): 4882 (1757 housing units)
  Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 53532

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