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- noun physics A
switch that employssuperconductivity
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Examples
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A cryotron unit has to be immersed at all times in a bath of liquid helium at a temperature of four-point-two degrees absolute.
Unwise Child Randall Garrett 1957
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A cryotron functions only at temperatures near absolute zero.
Unwise Child Randall Garrett 1957
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And, at the same time, he has the accuracy and speed that is normal to a cryotron computer. "
Unwise Child Randall Garrett 1957
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