excitron

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UK/ˈɛk.sɪˌtɹɒn/US/ˈɛk.sɪˌtɹɑn/

noun

A kind of mercury pool tube.

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Meanings

nounexcitron (plural excitrons)

plural excitrons

  1. historicalA 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

Origin

From excite + -tron.

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APA

excitron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excitron

MLA

“excitron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excitron. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excitron,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excitron.

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