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multipactor

[′məl·tə‚pak·tər]
(electronics)
A high-power, high-speed microwave switching device in which a thin electron cloud is driven back and forth between two parallel plane surfaces in a vacuum by a radio-frequency electric field.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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