-tron

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 ).

-tron

¹

suffix

1. indicating a vacuum tube

   magnetron

2. indicating an instrument for accelerating atomic or subatomic particles

   synchrotron

tron

²

/ trɒn /

noun

1. a public weighing machine

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of -tron¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of -tron¹

from Greek, suffix indicating instrument

Origin of -tron²

C15: from Old French trone , from Latin trutina , from Greek trutanē balance, set of scales

Example Sentences

Kosinski was trusted with blockbusters from his debut, 2010’s “Tron: Legacy,” and in 2022 broke through with “Top Gun: Maverick,” which strapped Tom Cruise and other insurance liabilities into actual fighter jets as an alternative to relying on CGI.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

After starting the current quarter with the flop “Tron: Ares,” Disney had a solid opening this past weekend for “Predator: Badlands” and has high hopes for Thanksgiving’s “Zootopia 2” and December’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash.”

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

October was a particularly bad month at the box office that included disappointing ticket sales for “Tron: Ares,” another ’80s sci-fi property under the Disney umbrella.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Bailey has recent experience with a flop made the traditional way: He produced this month’s big budget Disney release “Tron: Ares,” which took about a decade to make.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

"Tron: Ares," the latest installment in the Disney sci-fi franchise, followed up a disappointing debut with $11.1 million in its second week for second place in the United States and Canada, Exhibitor Relations reported.

Read more on Barron's