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cryotron
[ krahy-uh-tron ]
/ ˈkraɪ əˌtrɒn /
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noun Electronics, Computers.
a cryogenic device that uses the principle that a varying magnetic field can cause the resistance of a superconducting element to change rapidly between its high normal and low superconductive values: used as a switch and as a computer-memory element.
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How to use cryotron in a sentence
A cryotron unit has to be immersed at all times in a bath of liquid helium at a temperature of four-point-two degrees absolute.
Unwise Child|Gordon Randall GarrettA cryotron functions only at temperatures near absolute zero.
Unwise Child|Gordon Randall GarrettWhen she had gone he started to work on new instruction tapes for activating the servo-cryotron.
The Junkmakers|Albert R. Teichner
British Dictionary definitions for cryotron
cryotron
/ (ˈkraɪəˌtrɒn) /
noun
a miniature switch working at the temperature of liquid helium and depending for its action on the production and destruction of superconducting properties in the conductor
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