Digitron Electr.
(ˈdɪdʒɪtrɒn)
Also digitron.
[f. digit n. 3 + -tron.]
The proprietary name of a cold-cathode character display tube.
| 1958 Trade Marks Jrnl. 18 June 622/1 Digitron. Electric discharge tubes... Ericsson Telephones Limited. 1960 N. McLoughlin et al. in Electronic Engin. Mar. 140/1 A new form of visual indication which has recently been developed is the Digitron, a cold-cathode character display tube. This tube, unlike the Dekatron, is not a counting device but is used to indicate the state of count or of switching position in the associated circuits. 1961 New Scientist 10 Aug. 350/1 The digitron..is essentially a neon lamp in which the cathode is formed in the shape of the required character—a number, a letter or a symbol. |