Usually means: Semiconductor device for amplifying signals.
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  1. transistor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  4. transistor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  1. Transistor: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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▸ noun:  (semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
▸ noun:  (dated, informal) A transistor radio.

Similar:
junction transistor, integrated circuit, solid-state device, pass transistor, thyristor, transceiver, switcher, transducer, sense amplifier, multivibrator, more...

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vacuum, tube, mechanical, analog, manual, hydraulic

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bipolar transistor, transistor radio, junction transistor, transistor radios, npn transistor, more...

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bipolar, single, typical, second, base, two, emitter, diode, type, lateral, parasitic

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Similar:
junction transistor, integrated circuit, solid-state device, pass transistor, thyristor, transceiver, switcher, transducer, sense amplifier, multivibrator, more...

Opposite:
vacuum, tube, mechanical, analog, manual, hydraulic

Phrases:
bipolar transistor, transistor radio, junction transistor, transistor radios, npn transistor, transistor amplifier, mos transistor, pnp transistor, power transistor, silicon transistor, switching transistor, more...

Adjectives:
bipolar, single, typical, second, base, two, emitter, diode, type, lateral, parasitic

Colors:
    black,     silver,     gray,     blue,     green, more...



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