Dictionary.com

cryotron

[ krahy-uh-tron ]
/ ˈkraɪ əˌtrɒn /
Save This Word!
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.
QUIZ
WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?
Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!
Question 1 of 7
Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.
who
whom
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of cryotron

First recorded in 1955–60; cryo- + -tron

Words nearby cryotron

cryosphere, cryostasis, cryostat, cryosurgery, cryotherapy, cryotron, cry out, cry out for, cry over spilt milk, cry over spilt milk, don't, crypt
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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 Garrett

  • A cryotron functions only at temperatures near absolute zero.

    Unwise Child|Gordon Randall Garrett

  • When 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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
FEEDBACK