transistor

IPA: trænzˈɪstɝ

(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.

Examples of "transistor" in Sentences

The bipolar transistor was invented in 1947.
This is not the inventor of the transistor radio.
The output is taken across the emitters of the transistors.
In the discussion below, focus is on the NPN bipolar transistor.
The first such improvement came with the advent of the transistor.
The active device utilized in the oscillator is a bipolar transistor.
In general, the higher the electron mobility the speedier the transistor.
The transistor count of a device is the number of transistors in the device.
The base of the transistor is connected to the collector through the resistor.
Normal computers represent data as ones and zeroes, binary digits known as bits that are expressed by flicking switch like transistors on or off.