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digitron en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of digital + electronic.

Meanings

1. Synonym of Nixie tube.
   • Such displays may be built using cathode ray tubes with electronically generated characters or by using arrays of digitrons and alphabet tubes, or by using electro-magnetic indicators. 1961, British Communications and Electronics - Volume 8, Part 3, page 683:
   • In digit indicator lamps (digitrons), (one of which, type HH-1, is shown in the photograph in Fig. 1.15) the cathodes are made of nichrome wires shaped as the first ten digits and arranged one after the other along the lamp axis about one mm apart. 1964, Izrailʹ Lʹvovich Kaganov, Electronics in industry, page 50:
   • The time is displayed to 0.0001 second in digital form by means of digitrons (nixie tubes). 1970, COSPAR Transactions - Issue 7, page 173:
2. (broadly) Any electronic device for displaying digits.
   • The LEDs display and keystroke identifying are accomplished by using HD7279A, which is an intelligent control chip for 8-bit LED digitrons and 64-key keyboard with serial interface. 2011, Qihai Zhou, Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

Nixie tube