krytron etymology

English word krytron comes from English -tron, English cryo ((informal) cryoprecipitate.)

Detailed word origin of krytron

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-tron English (eng) Used as a gender-neutral suffix as an alternative to -ter or -tress. Used to name a number of elementary particles. Used to name a number of machine learning algorithms. Used to name a number of particle accelerators. Used to name various electronic devices.
cryo English (eng) (informal) cryoprecipitate.
krytron English (eng) A cold-cathode gas-filled tube intended for use as a very high-speed switch, somewhat similar to the thyratron.

Words with the same origin as krytron

Descendants of -tron
Quotron alphatron cosmotron crossatron cryotron cyclotron gyrotron ignitron isotron magnetron mellotron microtron minirhizotron orgasmatron photosynthetron plasmatron positron positronic reflectron rhizotron surfatron synchrotron trigatron waitron