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PRONUNCIATION OF CRYOTRON

cryotron  [ˈkraɪəˌtrɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRYOTRON

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Cryotron is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CRYOTRON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cryotron

The cryotron is a switch that operates using superconductivity. The cryotron works on the principle that magnetic fields destroy superconductivity. This simple device consists of two superconducting wires with different critical temperature. The cryotron was invented by Dudley Allen Buck of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory. As described by Buck, a straight wire of tantalum is wrapped around with a wire of niobium in a single layer coil. Both wires are electrically isolated from each other. When this device is immersed in a liquid helium bath both wires become superconducting and hence offer no resistance to the passage of electric current. Tantalum in superconducting state can carry large amount of current as compared to its normal state. Now when current is passed through the niobium coil it produces a magnetic field, which in turn reduces the superconductivity of the tantalum wire and hence reduces the amount of the current that can flow through the tantalum wire. Hence one can control the amount of the current that can flow in the straight wire with the help of small current in the coiled wire.

Definition of cryotron in the English dictionary

The definition of cryotron in the dictionary is a miniature switch working at the temperature of liquid helium and depending for its action on the production and destruction of superconducting properties in the conductor.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRYOTRON


betatron
ˈbiːtəˌtrɒn
bevatron
ˈbɛvəˌtrɒn
Chronotron
ˈkrɒnəˌtrɒn
Cosmotron
ˈkɒzməˌtrɒn
cyclotron
ˈsaɪkləˌtrɒn
isotron
ˈaɪsəˌtrɒn
kenotron
ˈkɛnəˌtrɒn
mellotron
ˈmɛləˌtrɒn
mesotron
ˈmɛsəˌtrɒn
negatron
ˈnɛɡəˌtrɒn
resnatron
ˈrɛznəˌtrɒn
rhumbatron
ˈrʌmbəˌtrɒn
sigmatron
ˈsɪɡməˌtrɒn
skiatron
ˈskiːəˌtrɒn
strobotron
ˈstrəʊbəˌtrɒn
synchrocyclotron
ˌsɪŋkrəʊˈsaɪkləˌtrɒn
synchrotron
ˈsɪŋkrəˌtrɒn
tevatron
ˈtevəˌtrɒn
thyratron
ˈθaɪrəˌtrɒn
trochotron
ˈtrəʊkəˌtrɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRYOTRON

cryophorus
cryophysics
cryophyte
cryoplankton
cryoprecipitate
cryopreserve
cryoprobe
cryoprotectant
cryoprotective
cryoscope
cryoscopic
cryoscopies
cryoscopy
cryostat
cryostatic
cryosurgeon
cryosurgery
cryosurgical
cryotherapy
crypt

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRYOTRON

Accutron
biotron
citron
digitron
electron
fast neutron
free electron
intron
klystron
magnetron
matron
natron
neutron
patron
photoelectron
phytotron
plastron
pliotron
positron
tron

Synonyms and antonyms of cryotron in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cryotron» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRYOTRON

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Translator English - Chinese

冷子管
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cryotron
570 millions of speakers

English

cryotron
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Translator English - Hindi

cryotron
380 millions of speakers
ar

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cryotron
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

криотрон
278 millions of speakers

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cryotron
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cryotron
260 millions of speakers

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cryotron
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cryotron
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kryotron
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cryotron
130 millions of speakers

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cryotron
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Translator English - Javanese

Cryotron
85 millions of speakers
vi

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cryotron
80 millions of speakers

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cryotron
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रियटरॉन
75 millions of speakers

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cryotron
70 millions of speakers

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cryotron
65 millions of speakers

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cryotron
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кріотрон
40 millions of speakers

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cryotron
30 millions of speakers
el

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cryotron
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cryotron
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

cryotron
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kryotron
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cryotron

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRYOTRON»

The term «cryotron» is used very little and occupies the 179.889 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRYOTRON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cryotron

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRYOTRON»

Discover the use of cryotron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cryotron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Introduction to Physics and Technology of Thin Films
64 the bulk version of the cryotron is shown. The control coil produces a field H higher than the critical field of the gate, thus switching it from superconductivity to normal state. The maximum gate current is ^Gmax = DnHcG while the control ...
Alfred Wagendristel, Youming Wang, 1994
2
Mock-up of a Cryotron Digital Computer with Programmed Control
A small-scale model of a cryotron computer was built and tested at the Physico-technical Institute of the Academy of Sciences UkrSSR.
Ya S. Kan, G. A. Kikhailov, V. A. Rakhubovskii, 1968
3
Handbook of Electromagnetic Materials: Monolithic and ...
Future successes in this area could lead to systems and devices like electric machines, transformers, etc. operating with virtually at no expense of power. Another feasible electrical engineering application of superconductors refers to cryotron ...
P. S. Neelakanta, 1995
4
Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy
said — if it weren't for him, the cryotron wouldn't work, and if the cryotron didn't work, the electron wouldn't act properly . . . etc. I laughed at him, naturally, and he appeared to back down, but actually the man began to make his own plans in ...
Stanisław Lem, 2000
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New Scientist
To answer this question it may be worthwhile at this point to recall the problems encountered in the early 1960s when several groups tried to develop the now defunct cryotron memory. What happened to the cryotron? The cryotron element  ...
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THE CRYOTRON AS A LOGIC ELEMENT.
The following conclusions are reported as a result of an analysis: (1) Cryotrons permit using a wide functionally complete system of five elements (negation, disjunction, conjunction, NOR, and Webb function) which requires 2--3 cryotrons ...
I. A. Artemenko, G. A. Mikhailov, FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH., 1968
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New Scientist
Figure 2a. Diagram of a cryotron. COLD CALCULATION continued. Ta Nb /IN CONTROLLING CURRENT CONTROLLED CURRENT metals show this effect, though about half of them have been found to do so. The temperature below which ...
8
IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems
By the summer of 1963, it was obvious that the cryotron memory could not be developed soon enough for System/360, and the project was transferred to the Components Division for increased emphasis on process technologies. Another year ...
Emerson W. Pugh, Lyle R. Johnson, John H. Palmer, 1991
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LIFE
M. I.T. CONTINUED THE LOOK OF THE FUTURE is displayed by Dudley A. Buck , 29, a graduate student working on a research project for his Ph.D. In one hand ( left) is a cryotron, the tiny electronic device he is developing. In the other hand ...
10
Materials Sc
Cryotron It consists of two superconducting materials A and B as shown in Fig. 12.11. r~\ Fig. 12.11 Cryotron Let //ca and Hcb be the critical fields of the materials A and B, respectively. Let HCd < Hch. Consider that a current i is passed through ...
Rajendran V, 2004

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRYOTRON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cryotron is used in the context of the following news items.
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IBM To Have First Cryogenic Computer
Resistance of the cryotron gate film is generally of the order of 10-3 ohms, resulting in a time constant of about 10 nanaoseconds, it was said. «ElectronicsWeekly.com, Apr 15»
2
Will Tomorrow's Supercomputers Be Superconducting?
One of the early candidates for digital logic was a superconducting switch called a cryotron, developed in the 1950's by engineer Dudley Buck. «IEEE Spectrum, Dec 14»
3
Superconducting Computer Chip Prototype Shows Promise
The cryotron was briefly the object of a great deal of interest -- and federal funding -- as the possible basis for a new generation of computers, ... «ENGINEERING.com, Oct 14»
4
Nanocryotron Adder: Superconducting Circuits Simplified
The cryotron was briefly the object of a great deal of interest — and federal funding — as the possible basis for a new generation of computers, ... «Science 2.0, Oct 14»
5
Dudley Buck's Forgotten Cryotron Computer
What's more, Buck invented the “cryotron,” a superconducting switch he hoped would become the fundamental building block for future digital ... «IEEE Spectrum, Mar 14»

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