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