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ignitron

noun
/ɪɡˈnaɪˌtɹɒn/UK/ɪɡˈnaɪˌtɹɑn/US

Etymology

From ignite + -tron.

  1. derived from *h₁n̥gʷnis✻
  2. derived from ignis
  3. borrowed from ignītus
  4. suffixed as ignitron — “ignite + tron”

Definitions

  1. 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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