IGNITRON


Meaning of IGNITRON in English

/ig nuy"tron, ig"ni tron/ , n. Electronics.

a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.

[ 1930-35; IGNI(TER) + -TRON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .