Definition of Dynatron

1. Noun. a tetrode in which the voltage on the screen grid is higher than that on the control grid, causing the plate current to decrease as plate voltage increases; was used in oscillators ¹

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Definition of Dynatron

1. a type of electron tube [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dynatron

dynamoscopy
dynamotor
dynamotors
dynams
dynast
dynastic
dynastic war
dynastic wars
dynastical
dynastically
dynastidan
dynasties
dynasts
dynasty
dynatherm
dynatron (current term)
dynatrons
dyne
dynein
dynein atpase
dyneins
dynel
dynels
dyneme
dynemes
dynes
dyno
dynode
dynodes

Literary usage of Dynatron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vacuum Tubes in Wireless Communication: A Practical Textbook for Operators by Elmer Eustice Bucher (1918)
"Figure 104 Connections of the dynatron as an oscillation detector in radio. ... Two circuits disclosed by Dr. Hull show how the dynatron may be employed to ..."

2. Vacuum Tubes in Wireless Communication: A Practical Textbook for Operators by Elmer Eustice Bucher (1918)
"In a circuit of this kind, the energy consumed in the detector does not decrease the amplification because the dynatron can be adjusted just to neutralize ..."

3. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"dynatron characteristics in an ordinary telephone repeater tube. nary telephone amplifying tube operated outside its normal range. ..."

4. Text-book on Wireless Telegraphy by Rupert Stanley (1919)
"The latter may be receiver apparatus so that the dynatron acts as an amplifier, ... For current amplification the dynatron is connected in shunt, ..."

5. Experimental Wireless Stations: Their Theory, Design, Construction and by Philip E. Edelman (1922)
"dynatron Detector. set or more than offset the resistance its circuits have. This is called "negative resistance" and can be attained with an ordinary ..."

6. The Thermionic Vacuum Tube and Its Applications by Hendrik Johannes Van der Bijl (1920)
"The dynatron, for example, does not depend for its operation on the ionization ... The dynatron can be used also to produce sustained oscillations if it be ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... of this current which allows the current to be controlled by the electrostatic effect of a grid. The dynatron utilizes the secondary emission of ..."

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