-tron

1. a combining form extracted from electron, used with nouns or combining forms, principally in the names of electron tubes ( ignitron; klystron; magnetron ) and of devices for accelerating subatomic particles ( cosmotron; cyclotron ); also, more generally, in the names of any kind of chamber or apparatus used in experiments ( biotron ).

tron

¹

/ trɒn /

noun

1. a public weighing machine
2. the place where a tron is set up; marketplace

-tron

²

suffix forming nouns

1. indicating a vacuum tube

   magnetron

2. indicating an instrument for accelerating atomic or subatomic particles

   synchrotron

Word History and Origins

Origin of -tron¹

By initial shortening of electron, with perhaps accidental allusion to the Greek instrumental suffix -tron, as in árotron “plough”

Word History and Origins

Origin of -tron¹

C15: from Old French trone , from Latin trutina , from Greek trutanē balance, set of scales

Origin of -tron²

from Greek, suffix indicating instrument

Example Sentences

Justin Sun runs the Tron blockchain network, which facilitates some cryptocurrency transactions.

From BBC

Last year the US Securities and Exchange Commission accused him of fraud, saying he had falsely inflated trading volumes of TRX, Tron’s crypto token.

From BBC

Among the filmmakers and actors tapped to tease their future projects were “Avatar’s” James Cameron, “Moana 2’s” Auliʻi Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson, “Andor’s” Diego Luna, “Ironheart’s” Ryan Coogler, “Freaky Friday” duo Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan and “Tron’s“ Jeff Bridges.

From Los Angeles Times

While the plan doesn’t specify which attractions will be added to the resort, company officials have floated ideas including immersive “Avatar,” “Frozen” and “Tron” experiences.

From Los Angeles Times

A five-story Jumbo Tron dominates the infield today.

From Salon