Definitions for cryotron

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cryotron cry·o·tron

Spelling: [krahy-uh-tron]

IPA: /ˈkraɪ əˌtrɒn/

Cryotron is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in cryotron (cnoorrty).

Definitions for cryotron

noun

1. 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.

Origin of cryotron

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

Examples for cryotron

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.

A cryotron functions only at temperatures near absolute zero.