💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Permatron"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| plasmatronnoun | A hot-cathode tube with controlled anode current. |
| mercury arc rectifiernoun | (electrical engineering) A rectifier which converts alternating current to direct current, using a cathode tube with a pool of liquid mercury. Now superseded by solid-state rectifiers. |
| hot cathodenoun | The heated cathode of a thermionic valve |
| ignitronnoun | A form of rectifier having a pool of mercury as cathode. |
| saturable reactornoun | an iron-core inductor whose inductance may be changed by varying the permeability of the core; used to control large alternating currents such as in theatre light dimmers |
| krytronnoun | A cold cathode gas-filled tube intended for use as a very high-speed switch, somewhat similar to the thyratron. |
| cold cathodenoun | (electronics) A type of cathode that does not use a heating element to produce emission of cathode rays (electrons), beyond base thermionic emission (usually by field electron emission, secondary emission, photoelectric emission) |
| photothyristornoun | (electronics) A light-activated silicon controlled rectifier. |
| thermionic valvenoun | (chiefly historical) An electronic device incorporating electrons from a glowing cathode inside an evacuated glass tube, functioning as a switch, amplifier etc. |
| corotronnoun | A gas-filled shunt regulator, usually containing small quantities of radioactive materials to ease ignition, the regulated voltage depending upon the gas or gases used and their proportions and pressure. |
| recuperatornoun | A person who recuperates, or regains their health. |
| calorimotornoun | (historical) A voltaic battery, from the 19th century, with a large surface of plate, producing (by the then standards) powerful heating effects. |
| catholytenoun | (flow batteries) The liquid cathode |
| irradiatornoun | A device used to irradiate. |
| demagnetizernoun | Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization |
| dielectric heatingnoun | The heating of an electrically insulating material by a rapidly fluctuating electric field |
| demagnetisernoun | Alternative form of demagnetizer. [Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization] |
| thermocirculatornoun | A device that heats and circulates a fluid |
| electrochlorinatornoun | A device used in electrochlorination |
| permeatornoun | A device, containing a semipermeable membrane, used to desalinate water by reverse osmosis |
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