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strontium-89 (medicine)


strontium-89


A radioactive strontium isotope; a beta emitter with half-life of 50.52 days; used as a tracer in studies of strontium absorption by the body, strontium incorporation in bone, etc.


thyristor (iou)



thyristor noun. M20.
[Blend of THYRATRON and TRANSISTOR.]
Electronics. A three-terminal semiconductor rectifier made up of four layers, p-n-p-n, so that when the fourth is positive with respect to the first a voltage pulse applied to the third layer initiates a flow of current through the device.