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krytron
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noun
- electronics a type of fast electronic gas-discharge switch, used as a trigger in nuclear weapons
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Great masses of warheads could quickly be rendered harmless by removing their tritium bottles and krytron triggers.
But take a highly miniaturized capacitor capable of storing 5,000 volts, feed it into a peanut- size switch called a krytron, and the result is a device that can be used for the deadliest purpose of all: triggering a nuclear explosion.
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