ignitron
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
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ignitron (plural ignitrons)
- A form of rectifier having a pool of mercury as cathode.
- 1960 March, “Silicon Rectifiers for a French dual-frequency Bo-Bo locomotive”, in Trains Illustrated, page 167:
- 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.
Anagrams
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[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]ignitron m (plural ignitrons)
Further reading
[edit]- “ignitron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English ignitron or French ignitron.
Noun
[edit]ignitron n (plural ignitroane)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | ignitron | ignitronul | ignitroane | ignitroanele | |
| genitive-dative | ignitron | ignitronului | ignitroane | ignitroanelor | |
| vocative | ignitronule | ignitroanelor | |||
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