IGNITRON


Meaning of IGNITRON in English

igˈnī.ˌträn noun

( -s )

Etymology: igni- + -tron

: a mercury-containing half-wave-rectifier tube in which the arc is restruck at the beginning of each cycle by a special electrode separately energized by an auxiliary circuit

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