-tron
suff.1. Vacuum tube: dynatron.
2. Device for manipulating subatomic particles: betatron.
[Greek, instrumental n. suff.]
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-tron
suffix forming nouns 1. (Electronics) indicating a vacuum tube: magnetron.
2. (Atomic Physics) indicating an instrument for accelerating atomic or subatomic particles: synchrotron.
[from Greek, suffix indicating instrument]
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-tron
a combining form extracted from
electron, used in the names of electron tubes (
magnetron) and of devices for accelerating subatomic particles (
cyclotron).
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