ignitron noun. [ɪg'nʌɪtrɒn] M20.
[from IGNITE verb, IGNITION + -TRON.]
Electronics. A mercury-arc rectifier of a kind having a pool cathode, a single anode, and an igniter, the timing of the igniter being used to control the rectifier output. Cf. EXCITRON.

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