transistor
A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for…A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
» Modern microprocessors typically contain billions of transistors.
Meaning
2 sensesA solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
Transistor
транзи́сторtranzístor
a semiconductor device capable of amplification
(dated, informal, metonymically)A transistor radio.
транзи́сторtranzístor, радиоприёмникradioprijómnik, приёмникprijómnik
Examples
8 sentencesModern microprocessors typically contain billions of transistors.
The invention of the transistor introduced a new era.
ruИзобретение транзистора заложило новую эру.
deDie Erfindung des Transistors leitete eine neue Ära ein.
The invention of the transistor marked a new era.
ruИзобретение транзистора ознаменовало собой новую эру.
I have to change the battery of my transistor radio.
ruМне надо заменить батарейку в моём транзисторном радиоприёмнике.
deIch muss die Batterie meines Transistorradios wechseln.
They said the smallest transistor currently used in a computer is ninety nanometers.
Translations
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Origin
Blend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John RobinsonBlend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947, who used transresistance as the basis for forming transistor.
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Forms
plural: transistors| Singular | transistor |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a semiconductor device capable of amplification:junction transistorelectronic transistor