-tron
/trɒn/suffix Physics
1Denoting a subatomic particle: positron
2Denoting a particle accelerator: cyclotron
3Denoting a thermionic valve: ignitron
Origin
From (elec)tron.
- autocycle
- autocyclic
- autocyclist
- autocytotoxin
- auto-da-fé
- auto-defrost
- auto-destruct
- auto-destruction
- auto-destructive
- autodiagnosis
- autodiagnostic
- autodial
- autodialler
- autodidact
- autodidactic
- autodidacticism
- autodigestion
- autodrome
- autodynamic
- autodyne
- autoecious
- auto-education
- auto-enrol
- autoenroll
- autoenrollment