Home › Words › D › digitrondigitrondigitron means synonym of Nixie tube.EtymologyBlend of digital + electronic.nounSynonym of Nixie tube.e.g.“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:Any electronic device for displaying digits.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dekatron 64% match — A gas-filled tube used as a decade counter in early computers and calculators. vs digitron →typotron 61% match — Synonym of charactron. vs digitron →diatron 60% match — An electronic circuit containing diodes vs digitron →gizmotron 59% match — Synonym of gizmo. vs digitron →phanotron 57% match — A kind of rectifier consisting of a thermionic gas tube. vs digitron →flashtube 57% match — Synonym of flashlamp. vs digitron →digitin 56% match — Synonym of digitonin. vs digitron →thyratron 56% match — Any of several types of thermoelectric valve once used as a high-speed switch vs digitron →