-tron Definition
trän, trən
suffix
Vacuum tube.
Dynatron.
American Heritage
Device for manipulating subatomic particles.
Betatron.
American Heritage
affix
Instrument.
Calutron.
Webster's New World
noun
Obsolete form of trone (weighing machine)
Wiktionary
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Wiktionary
Origin of -tron
Gr, suffix of instrument, akin to L -trum
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
Greek instrumental n. suff.
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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