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Used mainly in microwave oscillators
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magnetron
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Word definitions for magnetron in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
magnetron \mag"ne*tron\, n. 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.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context physics English) a device in which electrons are made to resonate in a specially shaped chamber and thus produce microwave radiation; used in radar, and in microwave ovens
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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
Usage examples of magnetron.
No one yet fully understood the theory of the magnetron, or how and why the narrow channels connecting its eight outer holes to the larger central one exponentially boosted the strength of the signal.
I finally improvised a two-plate magnetron and fried the circuitry with radar through a wall.
Immediately after the selenoclasm, he had ordered the heaviest magnetron units launched and put into orbit around Quinta, on opposite sides of the planet.
Ze haalde haar schouders op, deed de magnetron open en nam de borden mee naar de eetkamer.
The generators would compound, then switch the microwaves flowing through magnetron tubes in each of the kitchen ovens.
Further squeezed by the magnetrons, the fused particles suddenly snapped apart, creating a cloud of free electrons and positively charged particles called ions-a plasma field.
The magnetrons then focused the field and sent it to the laser generator, where the plasma energy stripped high-energy particles from neodymium, creating laser light.
It used virtually no power-just enough to light up the diode lasers inside the confinement chamber and to keep the magnetrons firing.
Further, cooling the sphere or magnetrons was not an option-the only way to do away with the heat was to build the heat up enough to create a plasma field, at which instant it would cool to safe limits and the plasma field would disappear.
But at that power level, I can get maybe ten ten-second shots off before the magnetrons let go.
The magnetrons in the confinement chamber served two purposes: they squeezed the plasma energy down to a smaller size to increase the power of the plasma field, and it then channeled the plasma stream into the laser generator.
If the magnetrons failed and the plasma reaction wasn't stopped in time, the plasma field would grow uncontrollably, unleashing one hundred million degrees of destruction on anything within one or two miles.
Maybe there are tiny magnetrons or something," I said, making up a word.