word-forming element in compounds coined in physics, "having to do with electrons or subatomic particles," 1939, abstracted unetymologically from electron (Greek -tron was an instrumentive suffix).
trolley
trollop
trombone
tromp
trompe l'oeil
-tron
troop
trooper
trope
-trope
trophic
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