Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A single-anode, mercury-vapor rectifier in which current passes as an arc between the anode and a mercury-pool cathode, used in power rectification.
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- noun A form of
rectifier having a pool ofmercury ascathode
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[igni(te) + –tron.]
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Examples
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Brad Warbiany: According to the email: "10KV, 30KJ cap bank, mercury ignitron switch.
The Liberty Papers 2009
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