excitron

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

excite +‎ -tron

Noun[edit]

excitron (plural excitrons)

  1. (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)

  1. excitron

Declension[edit]