excitron
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
excitron (plural excitrons)
- (historical) A kind of mercury pool tube.
- 1960 March, “Silicon Rectifiers for a French dual-frequency Bo-Bo locomotive”, in Trains Illustrated, page 166:
- 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, […] .
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French excitron.
Noun edit
excitron n (plural excitroane)
Declension edit
Declension of excitron
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) excitron | excitronul | (niște) excitroane | excitroanele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) excitron | excitronului | (unor) excitroane | excitroanelor |
| vocative | excitronule | excitroanelor | ||