Usually means: Mercury-arc rectifier for high currents.
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  1. ignitron: Merriam-Webster
  2. ignitron: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ignitron: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ignitron: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ignitron: Wiktionary
  6. ignitron: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. ignitron: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. ignitron: Dictionary.com
  9. Ignitron: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. ignitron: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A form of rectifier having a pool of mercury as cathode.

Similar:
mercury arc rectifier, permatron, krytron, photothyristor, plasmatron, ionizer, irradiator, thermionic valve, corotron, quicksilver water, more...

Adjectives:
cooled, typical, second, large, other, sealed, duty, single, 652

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Similar:
mercury arc rectifier, permatron, krytron, photothyristor, plasmatron, ionizer, irradiator, thermionic valve, corotron, quicksilver water, more...

Adjectives:
cooled, typical, second, large, other, sealed, duty, single, 652



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