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decatron

decatron is the alternative form of dekatron.

Meaning of dekatron

Noun

dekatron (plural dekatrons)

  1. A gas-filled tube used as a decade counter in early computers and calculators.

Forms of decatron

pluraldecatrons

Questions about decatron

What is decatron the alternative form of?
Decatron is the alternative form of dekatron.

Words near decatron in the dictionary

  1. decatoic acid
  2. decaton
  3. decatonic
  4. decatriene
  5. decatrienes
  6. decatron
  7. decatrons
  8. decatungsten
  9. Decatur
  10. Decatur County
  11. Decaturville

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decatron (page history and authors); dekatron (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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