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digitrons

digitrons is the plural of digitron.

Meaning of digitron

Noun

digitron (plural digitrons)

  1. Synonym of Nixie tube.
    • Such displays may be built using cathode ray tubes with electronically generated characters or by using arrays of digitrons and alphabet tubes, or by using electro-magnetic indicators.1961, British Communications and Electronics - Volume 8, Part 3, page 683
    Synonyms:
    Nixie tube
  2. (broadly) Any electronic device for displaying digits.
    • The LEDs display and keystroke identifying are accomplished by using HD7279A, which is an intelligent control chip for 8-bit LED digitrons and 64-key keyboard with serial interface.2011, Qihai Zhou, Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, →ISBN

Questions about digitrons

What is digitrons the plural of?
Digitrons is the plural of digitron.

Words near digitrons in the dictionary

  1. digitoxose
  2. digitoxoses
  3. digitoxoside
  4. digitoxosides
  5. digitron
  6. digitrons
  7. digits
  8. digitule
  9. digitules
  10. digitus
  11. digitus minimus pedis

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