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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

magnetron \mag"ne*tron\, n. a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

magnetron n 1: a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators