excitron
English
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.sɪˌtɹɒn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.sɪˌtɹɑn/
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]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | excitron | excitronul | excitroane | excitroanele | |
| genitive-dative | excitron | excitronului | excitroane | excitroanelor | |
| vocative | excitronule | excitroanelor | |||
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