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n. A small electronic device containing a semiconductor and having at least three electrical contacts, used in a circuit as an amplifier, detector, or switch.

n. A transistor radio.

n. a solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions

n. a transistor radio

n. a component used in electronic devices consisting of three regions of at least two types of a semiconducting material, such as doped silicon, connected to each other and to three electrodes in a conducting path so as to modify the current or voltage in an electronic circuit.

n. a semiconductor device capable of amplification

"As their colleagues watched with a mix of wonder and envy, they showed how their gizmo, which was dubbed a transistor, could take an electric current, amplify it, and switch it on and off."

semiconductor    semiconductor device    semiconductor unit   

fet    field-effect transistor    p-n-p transistor   

transistorized    transistor radio    transistorize   

Lister    Mister    Mr    Mr.    Sister    Sr    Twister    blister    lister    mister   

diode    amplifier    resistor    semiconductor    transformer    microwave    capacitors    detector    voltage    circuitry