transistor
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L.A. literature: In a durably famous metaphor for Southern California, “The Crying of Lot 49’s” heroine, Oedipa, compares the sight of a distant sprawling suburb to a transistor radio’s printed circuit board.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 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
After collecting and reconstructing the imaging data, the researchers tracked the positions of atoms within the transistor channels.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
My father always struck me as the sort of man who, under the right circumstances, might have invented the microwave oven or the transistor radio.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Vocabulary lists containing transistor
Computer Science and Technology - High School
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