| NOUN | artifact | magnetron | a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields |
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| Sounds | mae'gnahtraa.n | |
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| Rhymes | Abidjan ... Yukon: 149 rhymes with aan... | |
| Meaning | A diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators. | |
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| Broader | tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve | electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope |
| Spanish | magnetrón | |
| Catalan | magnetró | |
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