"dekatron" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dekatrons [plural], decatron [alternative]
Etymology: Originally a brand name. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dekatron (plural dekatrons)
  1. (electronics) A gas-filled tube used as a decade counter in early computers and calculators. Wikipedia link: dekatron Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (the gas-filled tube used as a decade counter): dekatroi (Basque), dekatrons [masculine] (Latvian), декатрон (dekatron) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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