Definition of Klystron

1. Noun. An electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation.


Definition of Klystron

1. Noun. (physics) an electron tube used to amplify microwave-frequency electromagnetic radiation. ¹

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Definition of Klystron

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Klystron

kludging
kludgy
kluge
kluged
kluges
kluging
kluski
klutz
klutzes
klutzier
klutziest
klutziness
klutzinesses
klutzy
kluyveromyces
klystron (current term)
klystrons
klyuchevskite
km/h
km fibres
kmc
knaa
knab
knabbed
knabbing
knabs
knack
knack-kneed
knacked
knacker

Literary usage of Klystron

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"beam electrons striking the klystron body or microwave resonance structure. ... The pulse duration for each klystron was fixed; therefore the PRF was ..."

2. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2003)
"Power supply system The specifications of the high voltage power supplies for the KTF klystron are 100 kV, 20 A with the conditions that the voltage peak to ..."

3. Small Business Innovation Research: Abstracts of Phase I Awards (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"67 Development of a 10 Megawatt L-Band klystron Amplifier-MDS Company, 1955 Mountain Boulevard, Suite 101, Oakland, CA 94611-2812; (510) 339-0957 Dr. ..."

4. Nasa Spinoff, 1996by James J. Haggerty by James J. Haggerty (1996)
"The MDC klystron is the result of a multiyear cooperative development program by a ... Throughout the klystron development period, the Microwave Power Tube ..."

5. Small Business Technology Transfer: Abstracts of Phase I Awards, 1994 by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"11 Small Business Research Institution North Star Research Corporation Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Lomas, Northeast klystron and Microwave Department ..."

6. Wavenumber Calibration Tables from Heterodynes Frequency Measurements by Arthur G. Maki, Joseph S. Wells (1997)
"An X-band klystron was phase-locked to a quartz crystal oscillator and the X- band frequency was accurately measured by a counter which was referred to the ..."

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