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My first project was to build an ionization gauge control circuit for Professor Edgar Everhart's Cockcroft-Walton accelerator. In those days, vacuum tubes were the active components in electronic circuits. I can still recall the warm orange glow of the vacuum tube filaments and the cool blue glow of the thyratron tubes.
David Lee

Meaning of "thyratron" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THYRATRON

Originally a trademark, from Greek thura door, valve + -tron.
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PRONUNCIATION OF THYRATRON

thyratron  [ˈθaɪrəˌtrɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THYRATRON

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Thyratron is a noun.
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WHAT DOES THYRATRON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thyratron

A thyratron is a type of gas filled tube used as a high power electrical switch and controlled rectifier. A thyratron is basically a "controlled gas rectifier". Triode, tetrode and pentode variations of the thyratron have been manufactured in the past, though most are of the triode design. Because of the gas fill, thyratrons can handle much greater currents than similar hard vacuum valves/tubes since in the ionized gas electron multiplication occurs by collisions of electrons with gas atoms, using the phenomenon known as a Townsend discharge. The average speed of the ions in the gas is much lower than that of the electrons, so that the ions may only account for 10% of the total current. Gases used include mercury vapor, xenon, neon, and hydrogen. Unlike a vacuum tube, a thyratron cannot be used to amplify signals linearly. In the 1920s, thyratrons were derived from early vacuum tubes such as the UV-200, which contained a small amount of argon gas to increase its sensitivity as a radio signal detector; and the German LRS Relay tube, which also contained argon gas.

Definition of thyratron in the English dictionary

The definition of thyratron in the dictionary is a gas-filled tube that has three electrodes and can be switched between an `off' state and an `on' state. It has been superseded, except for application involving high-power switching, by the thyristor.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THYRATRON


betatron
ˈbiːtəˌtrɒn
bevatron
ˈbɛvəˌtrɒn
Chronotron
ˈkrɒnəˌtrɒn
Cosmotron
ˈkɒzməˌtrɒn
cryotron
ˈkraɪəˌtrɒn
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
trochotron
ˈtrəʊkəˌtrɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THYRATRON

thymy
thyristor
thyrocalcitonin
thyroglobulin
thyroid
thyroid extract
thyroid gland
thyroid-stimulating hormone
thyroidal
thyroidectomies
thyroidectomy
thyroiditis
thyrotoxicoses
thyrotoxicosis
thyrotrophic
thyrotrophin
thyrotropic
thyrotropin
thyroxin
thyroxine

WORDS THAT END LIKE THYRATRON

Accutron
citron
copatron
digitron
electron
empatron
fast neutron
free electron
intron
klystron
latron
magnetron
matron
natron
neutron
patron
photoelectron
plastron
positron
tron

Synonyms and antonyms of thyratron in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «thyratron» into 25 languages

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闸流管
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tiratrón
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thyratron
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thyratron
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ثيراترون
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тиратрон
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thyratron
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thyratron
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thyratron
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Thyratron
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Thyratron
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サイラトロン
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러 트론
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Thyratron
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thyratron
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thyratron
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Translator English - Marathi

त्रेयट्रॅन
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thyratron
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thyratron
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thyratron
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Translator English - Ukrainian

тиратрон
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thyratron
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Translator English - Greek

thyratron
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Translator English - Afrikaans

thyratron
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Translator English - Swedish

tyratron
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Translator English - Norwegian

thyratron konsoller
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THYRATRON»

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

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David Lee
My first project was to build an ionization gauge control circuit for Professor Edgar Everhart's Cockcroft-Walton accelerator. In those days, vacuum tubes were the active components in electronic circuits. I can still recall the warm orange glow of the vacuum tube filaments and the cool blue glow of the thyratron tubes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THYRATRON»

Discover the use of thyratron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thyratron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Practical Oscillator Handbook
The thyratron gas tubes are more elaborate, having, among other features, a thermionic emitter that must be supplied with filament current as is the case in vacuum tubes. An improved relaxation oscillator using a thyratron is shown in Fig . 2.10.
Irving Gottlieb, 1997
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Industrial Electronics And Control 2Nd Ed.
Applications of the cold-cathode gas diode Gas-filled diodes are used in many industrial electronic circuits where large values of average current ranging from 1 A to 100 A are required. 5.26.2 Thyratrons The term thyratron takes on its origin ...
Biswanath Paul, 2009
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Excimer Laser Technology
Basic three-electrode thyratron (a) and improved multi-grid thyratron for low-jitter laser applications (b) state, the control grid between the electrodes is negatively biased in order to restrict the free electrons, released from the thermionic ...
Dirk Basting, Gerd Marowsky, 2005
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Eshbach's Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals
Sufficient reduction of the negative bias on a negative grid thyratron or sufficient increase of the positive bias on a positive grid thyratron starts conduction of electrons beyond the grid into the anode field. The electrons create a column of ...
Ovid Wallace Eshbach, Byron D. Tapley, Thurman R. Poston, 1990
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Power Electronics
1.4 COMPARISON WITH THYRATRONS AND POWER TRANSISTORS The thyratron is a gas tube. Fig. 1.1 (a) shows it's symbolic diagram and terminal configuration. The device is turned on by applying a positive voltage between the grid ...
Sachin S. Sharma, 2008
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EPAC 92: Third European Particle Accelerator Conference : ...
Current and Voltage waveforms obtained with the EEV CXI 154 deuterium filled thyratron: the compromise peak current-voltage is still affordable for the thyratron, thank to a correct set of grid and reservoir parameters, even with a current well ...
Ch Petit-Jean-Genaz, 1992
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Enforcing European Union Law on Exports of Dual-use Goods
The Halmstad thyratron case323 The Halmstad thyratron case concerns two attempts to export dual-use electronic items, thyratrons, to Iran.324 Both were carried out by an Iranian-born Swedish citizen, Ehsan, at the request of a cousin in ...
Anna Wetter, 2009
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National Laser Symposium,Proceedings December 22-24,2003
This thyratron has different heater-reservoir configurations and operating parameters than the standard commercially available thyratrons. Thyratron based capacitor-to-capacitor charge transfer circuit is widely used for Copper Vapor Laser ...
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Proceedings of DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium.
Anti-Trip. Circuit. For. Thyratron. Based. Pulse. Generator. For. Copper. Vapour. Laser. S.V.. Nakhe,. N.M.. Shenoy. and. R.K.. Mishra. Laser Systems Engineering Division, Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore - 452 013 e-mail: ...
Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, 2002
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Electric Relays: Principles and Applications
The cathode of such a thyratron is made in the form of a metal cylinder activated by cesium. The anode is a molybdenum core placed in the glass tube with a free end sticking out of the glass. The starting electrode (a grid) has the form of a disk  ...
Vladimir Gurevich, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THYRATRON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thyratron is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nicht nur für Hochfrequenz
Dieser hat den Thyristor, das Äquivalent zum Thyratron, in der Leistungselektronik außerhalb einfacher Glühlampendimmer, deren Ära nun auch abgelaufen ist, ... «all-electronics.de, Apr 15»
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Research and Markets: Global Microwave Devices Market Outlook …
Research and Markets: Global Microwave Devices Market Outlook 2019: Klystron, Thyratron, Travelling Wave Tube & Magnetron Analysis of the $1.2 Billion ... «Business Wire, Oct 14»
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Radar Tech Maker Excelitas Seeks To Ground $13M FCA Suit
Rodwell sued his former employer in April 2012, alleging he witnessed Excelitas assembling thyratrons with the wrong parts, falsify testing information, skipping ... «Law360, Oct 14»
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Ex-Employee Hits Excelitas With $13M False Claims Act Suit
The thyratrons, sold to the government directly and through major defense contractors like Lockheed Martin Corp., have been used in military aircraft like the ... «Law360, Aug 14»
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Research and Markets: Microwave Devices Market 2014 - 2019 …
The market for microwave devices includes Klystrons, Magnetron, TWT, and Thyratron. Their capability and specification, by type of application, is critical and ... «Business Wire, Aug 14»
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Historic Colossus computer marks 70th anniversary
Built out of standard GPO telephone exchange parts, it was programmed through plugboards and jumper cables, used 1,600 valves, thyratron rings to simulate ... «Gizmag, Feb 14»
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RadParts Offers November Savings on Varian Linear Accelerator Parts
The first buyer special is $50 off 8503B thyratrons (RadParts number: 35 2550-00, Varian number: 856340-01, Siemens number: 2831808), which are ... «PR.com, Nov 13»
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Fisker Karma Considered a Sales Success in Europe
... for British Readers) Thyratron / Ignitron drives. Almost all recent elevators are 4 quadrant (except for some 2 quadrant OTIS's - but they work good also) drives. «PluginCars.com, Aug 12»
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Israeli airstrike wounds 2 Palestinians
Brendan Beardhawk Murphy · Thyratron process tech at Excelitas Technologies Corp. This has nothing to do with the arab spring..and its 'PEACEFUL'..but then ... «USA TODAY, Apr 12»
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Navy is scaling up a component to connect bigger capacitor banks …
... is charged by means of a high voltage power source, then rapidly discharged into a load via a high voltage switch, such as a spark gap or hydrogen thyratron. «Next Big Future, Jan 12»

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