trochotron

noun

troch·​o·​tron

ˈträkə‧ˌträn

plural -s

: a high-vacuum tube or a mass spectrograph in which the ion paths controlled by magnetic and electric fields are trochoids

Word History

Etymology

troch- + -tron

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