noun
- Plural of dynatron; vacuum tubes or electronic devices designed to generate or amplify oscillations at high frequencies.
Usage: technical; electronics; dated
Examples
- Early radio engineers experimented with dynatrons to improve signal generation.
- The laboratory contained several dynatrons used in oscillator circuits.
- Dynatrons were gradually replaced by transistors in the mid-20th century.
- The dynatrons in that vintage receiver still function after decades of storage.