MEANING
An electron tube that uses electric and magnetic fields to generate microwaves.
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- cavity magnetron
- magnetron tube
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The magnetron supplied the radar transmitter.
A fault shut down the magnetron tube.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular magnetron; plural magnetrons. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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