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KLYSTRON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("klystron" is a kind of...):
electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)