Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun magnetron

1 sense of magnetron

Sense 1
magnetron -- (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)
       => tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve -- (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)