-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

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

Historian Eric Melvin says there was a riot outside the Tron during the new year celebrations in 1811.

From BBC

"So obviously it's been a long-standing tradition to celebrate Hogmanay at The Tron in the streets of Edinburgh," he adds.

From BBC

But the “Tron: Ares” soundtrack, composed under the moniker of Reznor and Ross’ band, Nine Inch Nails, achieves the unconventional feat of outdoing the movie instead of merely accompanying it.

From Salon