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

"The transistor is like a little pipe for electrons instead of water," Muller said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

She spent hours on the riverbank with her little plastic transistor shaped like a tangerine.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy