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transistor

[tran-zis-ter] / trænˈzɪs tər /
NOUN
personal stereo
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By the 50s it was making tape recorders and transistor radios.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

This protection helps electrons continue moving efficiently through the transistor channel.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

The findings also point to a broader change in the way semiconductor researchers think about transistor design.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

“Back then transistor radios were real popular,” David said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

A sailor with a transistor radio blaring from his back hip pocket passed near Ben and Mary Anne.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

As transistors shrink toward the dimensions of individual atoms, those interfaces could become some of the most important parts of the devices themselves.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

Using the new interface design, the researchers fabricated short-channel top-gate transistors from CVD-grown monolayer MoS2.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

The machines use focused beams of ultraviolet light to etch on wafers of silicon billions of transistors roughly the width of a strand of DNA.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

As he sees it, this philosophy is what drives IBM’s ongoing work in transistors.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

It governs the behavior of transistors and integrated circuits, which are the essential components of electronic devices such as televisions and computers, and is also the basis of modern chemistry and biology.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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