See Also:

trochotron (iou) and asp (oh)


trochotron (iou)



trochotron noun. M20.
[from TROCHOID(AL) + -TRON.]
Electronics. A type of magnetron in which there are a number of anodes at different angular positions around the central cathode, with the electron beam able to be switched from one anode to another.

asp (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: aspis, from Greek]
a small poisonous snake from North Africa