How to Use magnetron in a Sentence

magnetron

noun
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  • The chip that drives the microwave blindly starts and stops the magnetron to heat expired Kung Pao chicken.
    — Frank O’Brien, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2020
  • In 1945, Raytheon’s Percy Spencer stands in front of a magnetron (the power tube of radar) and feels a candy bar start to melt in his pocket: He is intrigued.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 20 Oct. 2022
  • According to Michalak, at the time Spencer was trying to improve the power level of the magnetron tubes to be used in radar sets.
    — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The air from the magnetron cooling will then be re-directed to the exterior.
    — Kevin Kelly, WIRED, 22 May 2007
  • Blame it on the magnetron, the cooking element of every microwave oven.
    — Randy Rieland, Smithsonian, 17 Feb. 2017
  • That power is transmitted through the magnetron at a high frequency, which then allows water, fats and sugars to absorb it and heat up.
    — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Understandably curious just what the heck had happened, Spencer ran another test with the magnetron.
    — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 2 Sep. 2021
  • So Percy Spencer, an engineer at Raytheon, was tasked with ramping up magnetron production.
    — Timothy J. Jorgensen, Smithsonian, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Spencer earned several patents while working on more efficient and effective ways to mass-produce radar magnetrons.
    — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2016
  • From there, the magnetron converts electricity from your home into some pretty intense radio waves.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Ionized by sunlight, the barium would create a ring of moving plasma that emits radio waves: essentially a space version of a magnetron, the gadget used in microwave ovens.
    — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The magnetron emits electromagnetic waves in a continuous motion to generate enough energy to heat food, says Ali Manning, food scientist and consultant.
    — Sarra Sedghi, Bon Appétit, 15 July 2022

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