| ANTIDORON | • antidoron n. (Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism) A piece of ordinary leavened bread, taken from… • ANTIDORON n. (Latin) the unconsecrated bread remaining after the Eucharistic Liturgy, blessed by the priests and given to noncommunicants as well as communicants. |
| BRONDYRON | • BRONDYRON n. (Spenser) a brand, a sword. |
| COSMOTRON | • cosmotron n. (Physics) A proton synchrotron. • COSMOTRON n. a large synchrotron used for accelerating protons to high energies. |
| CUPFERRON | • cupferron n. (Organic chemistry) The salt ammonium N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine used to form complexes with metal ions. • CUPFERRON n. a compound used in chemical analysis. |
| CYCLOTRON | • cyclotron n. An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated… • CYCLOTRON n. a type of particle accelerator. |
| DECELERON | • deceleron n. (Aviation) A two-part aileron that can be deflected as a unit to provide roll control, or split open… • DECELERON n. a type of aileron. |
| EPHEMERON | • ephemeron n. Something short-lived or transitory. • ephemeron n. (Programming) A type of weak reference in a garbage collected programming language that does not permit… • EPHEMERON n. something of short lifetime. |
| MAGNETRON | • magnetron n. (Physics) a device in which electrons are made to resonate in a specially shaped chamber and thus produce… • MAGNETRON n. a vacuum tube combined with a magnetic field to deflect electrons. |
| MELLOTRON | • mellotron n. (Music) An early electronic keyboard instrument that played back prerecorded sounds. • MELLOTRON n. (tradename) an electronic keyboard instrument programmed to produce the tape-recorder sounds of orchestral instruments. |
| PERCHERON | • Percheron n. A draught horse of a large, strong, usually dapple-grey breed originating in Perche, a former district of France. • PERCHERON n. (French) a draught-horse of a breed originating in La Perche in Normandy. |
| PHYTOTRON | • phytotron n. (Biology) A laboratory in the form of a greenhouse or similar building in which plants can be grown… • PHYTOTRON n. an apparatus that produces climates artificially for the study of plant growth. |
| RESNATRON | • resnatron n. (Historical) A large power tube designed to jam enemy radar by generating power at microwave frequencies. • RESNATRON n. a high-power, high-frequency tetrode. |
| SEMANTRON | • semantron n. A percussion instrument used chiefly in Eastern Orthodox monasteries to summon the brethren to prayer… • SEMANTRON n. (Greek) a wooden or metal bar struck with a mallet, used instead of a bell in Orthodox churches. |
| SIGMATRON | • SIGMATRON n. a machine generating high-potential X-rays. |
| STICHERON | • sticheron n. A hymn, often written in cycles and sung in alternation with psalm verses, used in the Orthodox Church… • STICHERON n. (Greek) a short hymn. |
| SUBMICRON | • submicron adj. (Physics) Smaller than micron-scale. • submicron n. A unit smaller than a micron. • SUBMICRON n. a particle visible by ultramicroscope but not by the ordinary microscope. |
| THYRATRON | • thyratron n. (Electronics) Any of several types of thermoelectric valve once used as a high-speed switch. • THYRATRON n. a gas-filled valve with a heated cathode, able to carry very high currents. |
| TIERCERON | • tierceron n. (Architecture) A type of rib in Gothic vaulting, springing from the intersection of two other ribs. • TIERCERON n. a subordinate rib springing from the intersection of two other ribs. |
| TRIHEDRON | • trihedron n. (Mathematics) A geometric figure composed of three planes meeting at a single vertex. • TRIHEDRON n. a solid figure with three plane surfaces meeting at a point. |