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silicon-controlled rectifier
  1. a semiconductor rectifier whose forward current between two electrodes, the anode and cathode, is initiated by means of a signal applied to a third electrode, the gate. The current subsequently becomes independent of the signal. It is a type of thyristor
'silicon-controlled rectifier' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
SCR - thyristor

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