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excitron

noun
/ˈɛk.sɪˌtɹɒn/UK/ˈɛk.sɪˌtɹɑn/US

Etymology

From excite + -tron.

  1. derived from excitō — “to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”
  2. derived from exciter
  3. inherited from exciten
  4. suffixed as excitron — “excite + tron”

Definitions

  1. A kind of mercury pool tube.

    • The two traction motors of Nos. BB-30003/4, one on each bogie, were supplied by eight single-anode, mercury-arc, air-cooled rectifiers of the excitron type, in which the arc is maintained continuously, […].

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA