transistor

Noun

Meaning

(semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.

(dated, informal) A transistor radio.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

portable microphone radio electronics semiconductor diode junction transistor boom box ghetto blaster electronic transistor

Hypernyms

semiconductor semiconductor device semiconductor unit

Hyponyms

fet field-effect transistor p-n-p transistor

Phrases with the word

transistor physics transistor hearing aid insulated-gate bipolar transistor effect transistor cmos transistor complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor

Examples

The main ingredient of the first quantum revolution, wave-particle duality, has led to inventions such as the transistor and the laser that are at the root of the information society. Alain Aspect

I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas. Cher

My access to music when I was growing up was through pirate radio, you know, transistor radio under the pillow, listening to one more and then 'just one more' until your favourite track comes on. Robert Palmer

We made a completely new kind of transistor (the NPN BJT, and in our development work, our researcher, Leo Esaki, demonstrated the electron tunneling effect, which led to the development of the tunnel diode for which he was awarded a Nobel Prize seventeen years later, after he had joined IBM. Akio Morita

My younger brother will remember that he received a transistor radio for Christmas. I took it apart and it never worked again. Stephen Elop

I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew up in that era of transistor radios at the beach. Patti LuPone

Close letter words and terms

transiso transisthmian transisthmic transistor hearing aid transistor physics transistor radio