transistor

Example Sentences

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“This looks like the transistor we’ve been waiting for,” he had written with excitement on March 17, 1955, after successfully testing the device.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

He could see, on that evening long ago, that this transistor would be easily manufacturable—manufacturable in great quantities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The fire was right beneath a power line, and the transistor charred.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

"These days, a transistor channel can be only about 15 to 18 atoms wide, which is super, super tiny, and they're extremely intricate," Karapetyan said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

We told him he’d missed the little silver men that came to greet the lunar module, but he pulled out his transistor radio and laughed in our faces.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia