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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

Modern chip development depends heavily on shrinking transistor components.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The pile was growing there: a Polaroid camera, a transistor radio, an elaborate electric train set—and several sealed envelopes containing cash.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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

In conventional electronics, transistors act as switches that control whether electrical current can pass through a circuit.

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

Testing showed low leakage current, minimal hysteresis, and maximum transconductance of 0.45 mS μm-1 in transistors with channels measuring about 100 nanometers.

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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