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Definition of krytron in English: krytronnoun ˈkrʌɪtrɒnˈkrīträn Physics A high-speed solid-state switching device which is triggered by a pulse of coherent light and is used in the triggers of nuclear devices. Example sentencesExamples - The switches can be used in place of spark gaps, thyratrons and krytrons.
- It returned 469 of the krytrons but the rest, they declared, had been destroyed in testing conventional weapons.
- No special licenses had been granted by the U.S. for the export of krytrons in its possession.
- It returned the krytrons to the United States and claimed they were not intended for a nuclear use.
- Smyth admitted that he was aware of the requirement to have a license or State Department approval prior to exporting the krytrons and that the shipments had no such approval.
Origin 1970s: first element of obscure derivation + -tron. Definition of krytron in US English: krytronnounˈkrīträn Physics A high-speed solid-state switching device which is triggered by a pulse of coherent light and is used in the triggers of nuclear devices. Example sentencesExamples - No special licenses had been granted by the U.S. for the export of krytrons in its possession.
- Smyth admitted that he was aware of the requirement to have a license or State Department approval prior to exporting the krytrons and that the shipments had no such approval.
- It returned 469 of the krytrons but the rest, they declared, had been destroyed in testing conventional weapons.
- The switches can be used in place of spark gaps, thyratrons and krytrons.
- It returned the krytrons to the United States and claimed they were not intended for a nuclear use.
Origin 1970s: first element of obscure derivation + -tron. |