-tron

American  

1. a combining form extracted from electron, used with nouns or combining forms, principally in the names of electron tubes (ignitron; klystron; magnetron ) and of devices for accelerating subatomic particles (cosmotron; cyclotron ); also, more generally, in the names of any kind of chamber or apparatus used in experiments (biotron ).

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-tron ¹ British  

suffix

1. indicating a vacuum tube

   magnetron

2. indicating an instrument for accelerating atomic or subatomic particles

   synchrotron

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tron ² British  

/ trɒn /

noun

1. a public weighing machine

2. the place where a tron is set up; marketplace

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Etymology

Origin of -tron

By initial shortening of electron, with perhaps accidental allusion to the Greek instrumental suffix -tron, as in árotron “plough”

Example Sentences

The company pointed to increasing costs related to the production of its movies — most notably “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” and “Tron: Ares” — plus the loss of $110 million in operating income due to a carriage dispute with YouTube TV, as dragging down the bottom line.

From MarketWatch

Hopeful hires stood in tiny groups or found seats in the endless rows of cheap folding chairs that faced a stage ripped straight from Tron.

From Slate

“The issue isn’t tether itself, but the dual-use reality of stablecoins,” said Ari Redbord, global head of policy at TRM Labs, which has a partnership with Tether to track illicit activity involving the use of the stablecoin on the Tron blockchain.

From The Wall Street Journal

In October, the bot made its red carpet debut at the “Tron: Ares” premiere in Hollywood, performing a choreographed fight sequence with actor Jared Leto.

From The Wall Street Journal

"There has been a long history of Hogmanay celebrations at The Tron in Edinburgh for as long as anyone can remember," she says.

From BBC