ignitron
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
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.
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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
Declension of ignitron
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) ignitron | ignitronul | (niște) ignitroane | ignitroanele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) ignitron | ignitronului | (unor) ignitroane | ignitroanelor |
| vocative | ignitronule | ignitroanelor | ||