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Hexose vs Hexode - What's the difference?

hexose | hexode |

As nouns the difference between hexose and hexode

is that hexose is a sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms while hexode is a thermionic valve containing two triodes; was used in superheterodyne radio receivers.

hexose

English

(wikipedia hexose)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.
  • :Glucose is a common hexose

    • Hypernyms

    * monosaccharide

    Hyponyms

    * ketohexose :* psicose :* fructose :* sorbose :* tagatose * aldohexose :* allose :* altrose :* glucose :* mannose :* gulose :* idose :* galactose :* talose * fucose * fuculose * rhamnose

    hexode

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a thermionic valve containing two triodes; was used in superheterodyne radio receivers

    • See also

    *pentagrid converter