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MAGNETRON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetron mean?
• MAGNETRON (noun)
The noun MAGNETRON has 1 sense:
1. a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators
Familiarity information: MAGNETRON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("magnetron" is a kind of...):
electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)
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