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transistor

[tran-zis-ter] / trænˈzɪs tər /
NOUN
personal stereo
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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

“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

The fire was right beneath a power line, and the transistor charred.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

According to a new paper published in Science, the field has reached a critical phase that mirrors the early era of classical computing before the invention of the transistor reshaped modern technology.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 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




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