thyristor
Meaning of thyristor
noun
a four-layered semiconductor rectifier in which the flow of current between two electrodes is triggered by a signal at a third electrode.
1950s: blend of thyratron, denoting a kind of thermionic valve (from Greek thura ‘gate’) and transistor.
Information about thyristor
- It is a name.
- The plural form of thyristor is: thyristors.
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Hyphenation of thyristor
thyris-tor
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- thyristor is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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