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  • noun Plural form of thyratron.

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  • I would also have voted for Rene Schmitz' awesome, glowing, perspex-fronted tube synth, stuffed with blue-glowing thyratrons...

    The Soddy Awards, 2004 2005

  • Favourable and economical speed setting results from changing the voltage by means of controlled rectifiers (thyratrons or thyristors).

    6. Direct current machines Hans-Friedrich Hoyer 1991

  • There was another pause while the relays and thyratrons waited for their orders.

    Reach For Tomorrow Clarke, Arthur C. 1956

  • There was another pause while the relays and thyratrons waited for their orders.

    Reach for Tomorrow Clarke, Arthur C. 1956

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