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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ignitron /ɪgˈnʌɪtrɒn/

▶noun a kind of rectifier with a mercury cathode, able to carry large electric currents.

– origin 1930s: from ignite or ignition + -tron.

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