trochotron Electronics.
(ˈtrɒkəʊtrən)
[f. trochoidal a. + -tron.]
A type of magnetron in which there are a number of anodes at different angular positions around the central cathode, with the electron beam able to be switched from one anode to another.
| 1947 Alfvén & Romanus in Nature 1 Nov. 614/1 Research on valves with cycloidal or trochoidal electronic motion has been carried out... The development of the valves, which are called ‘trochotrons’, has been carried out by G. Hambraeus and..T. Wallmark. 1962 Jrnl. Brit. Inst. Electr. Engineers XXIII. 99/1 The Trochotron is a hot-cathode multi-electrode tube containing a number of open box electrodes and operating in a constant magnetic field. 1980 Jrnl. Nuclear Materials XCIII–XCIV. a. 352/2 The property of stigmatic focusing used in the trochotron mass spectrometer..is conserved in this device. |