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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

Depending on whether OC 12 is present and whether the transistor has been activated, the bacterial cell produces an output molecule called OHC 14.

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

We heard it together on the transistor radio, Heather and me.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

Depending on a separate switch input, the system sends that information through different relay strains before passing it to additional transistors for further processing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

By connecting multiple transistors, the team also created more sophisticated systems.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 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

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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