transistor

A nanometer, or 1 billionth of a meter, refers to the size of a transistor, and the smaller the size, the greater the number of transistors that can be placed on a chip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

We followed games on transistor radios and TV, and did our best to imitate star players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

These cells convert the OHC 14 signal into another output that can serve as the input for the next transistor.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

By the 50s it was making tape recorders and transistor radios.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Tried to listen to the Qawali music playing on the transistor radio at the next table.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

A nanometer, or 1 billionth of a meter, refers to the size of a transistor, and the smaller the size, the greater the number of transistors that can be placed on a chip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

In the past decade or so, as transistors became so small that they’re measured in nanometers, that law has come into question.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Their computations, which are in effect the switching on and off of microscopic silicon transistors that make up a chip, are actually silent.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

In conventional electronics, transistors act as switches that control whether electrical current can pass through a circuit.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

They glued transistors to their ears all summer, even during Jorge del Pino’s brief hospital stays, and cheered when the Mets caught fire and the Cubs finally folded.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García