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transistor

[tran-zis-ter] / trænˈzɪs tər /
NOUN
personal stereo
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We followed games on transistor radios and TV, and did our best to imitate star players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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

The bells of the ice-cream truck jangled across the street, and a sudden roar burst from a dozen transistor radios.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte

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

They engineered two versions of bacterial transistors that respond to a molecule called OC 6.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

MIT researchers have engineered bacteria to work like transistors, creating living "circuit boards" that can be printed onto growth material inside a Petri dish.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

For decades, much of the effort to improve transistors has centered on discovering better semiconductor materials or making devices smaller.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Couples were drinking and whispering on the grass, and the transistors were turned down.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte




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