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excitrons

excitrons is the plural of excitron.

Meaning of excitron

Noun

excitron (plural excitrons)

  1. (historical) A kind of mercury pool tube.
    • 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, […].1960 March, “Silicon Rectifiers for a French dual-frequency Bo-Bo locomotive”, in Trains Illustrated, page 166

Questions about excitrons

What is excitrons the plural of?
Excitrons is the plural of excitron.

Words near excitrons in the dictionary

  1. excitotoxicity
  2. excitotoxin
  3. excitotoxins
  4. excitotoxity
  5. excitron
  6. excitrons
  7. excize
  8. excizes
  9. excl
  10. excl.
  11. exclaim

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