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cryotronics

cryotronics noun: electronics making use of superconductivity.

Noun

cryotronics (uncountable)

  1. electronics making use of superconductivity
    • While cryotronics is, to some degree, a rather special technology, it has not been possible to show that cryogenic circuits possess, on balance, any functional advantages over circuits realizable in competitive technologies.1962, AFIPS Conference Proceedings, volume 22, page 229

Origin of cryotronics

From cryo- + -tronics.

Questions about cryotronics

What does cryotronics mean?
Cryotronics means electronics making use of superconductivity.
What part of speech is cryotronics?
Cryotronics is a noun.

Words near cryotronics in the dictionary

  1. cryotrap
  2. cryotrapping
  3. cryotraps
  4. cryotron
  5. cryotronic
  6. cryotronics
  7. cryotrons
  8. cryotube
  9. cryotubes
  10. cryoturbated
  11. cryoturbation

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