-tron

1 of 2

noun suffix

1

: vacuum tube

magnetron

2

: device for the manipulation of subatomic particles

cyclotron

trone

2 of 2

noun

ˈtrōn

variants or less commonly tron

ˈträn

plural -s

chiefly Scottish

: one of various weighing machines

specifically : one for heavy wares having two horizontal bars crossing each other and beaked at the extremities

Word History

Etymology

Noun suffix

Greek, suffix denoting an instrument; akin to Old English -thor, suffix denoting an instrument, Latin -trum

Noun

Anglo-French trone, from Old French, from Latin trutina balance, scales, from Greek trytanē; akin to Greek tryma hole, tetrainein to pierce; from the opening in which the tongue of the scale moves