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stro⋅bo⋅tron

  [stroh-buh-tron, strob-uh-]
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–noun Electronics.
a glow lamp, used in stroboscopes, that gives very bright flashes of light in response to voltage pulses.
Origin:
1935–40; strobo- (see stroboscope ) + -tron
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stro·bo·tron   (strō'bə-trŏn')   
n.  A gas-filled cathode-ray tube that produces bright flashes of light for a stroboscope.

[strobo(scope) + -tron.]
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