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klystron

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kly·stron  (klstrn)
n.
An electron tube used to amplify or generate ultrahigh frequency by means of velocity modulation.

[Greek kluzein, klus-, to wash, break over + -tron.]

klystron [ˈklɪstrɒn ˈklaɪ-]
n
(Physics / General Physics) an electron tube for the amplification or generation of microwaves by means of velocity modulation
[C20 klys-, from Greek klus-, kluzein to wash over, break over + -tron]
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Noun1.klystron - an electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation
electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube, tube - electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope


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Treister depicts each object with a noticeable (and noticeably ironic) degree of commercial zeal--she's serving up the Sperry 417A klystron, with its "octal base and coaxial take-off ports," for sale.
He then focuses on microwave vacuum electronics, explaining the physics and theory of the interaction of electron beams with electromagnetic fields in quasi-stationary systems such as diodes and klystrons, systems with continuous interactions such as traveling wave tubes, backward magnetrons and crossed-field amplifiers, and systems based on stimulated radiation of classical electron oscillations.
Klystrons, invented at Stanford in 1937, are devices that generate microwaves for accelerating electrons.
 
 
 
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