-tron

See also: tron, trón, trốn, trọn, and trộn

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron), a suffix denoting an instrument, used to name the electron.

Suffix

-tron

  1. Used to name various electronic devices.
  2. Used to name a number of elementary particles.
  3. Used to name a number of particle accelerators.
  4. Used to name a number of machine learning algorithms.
  5. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Used as a gender-neutral suffix as an alternative to -ter or -tress.
    waitron

Derived terms

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