ignitron
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 8
/ɪɡˈnaɪˌtɹɒn/
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/ɪɡˈnaɪˌtɹɒn/ · /ˈɪɡ.nɪˌtɹɒn/ · /ɪɡˈnaɪˌtɹɑn/ · /ˈɪɡ.nɪˌtɹɑn/
Definition of ignitron
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A form of rectifier having a pool of mercury as cathode.
“After the completion of final tests, BB-30003 went into service in September, 1959, hauling heavy express trains in the Eastern Region of the S.N.C.F. on the same schedules as the Class "BB-16000" locomotive fitted with S-W ignitrons.”
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Etymology
From ignite + -tron.
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