Noun: transistor
| Singular | transistor |
| Plural | transistors |
Sample Sentences
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Switches and transistors control the flow of electricity like valves and faucets control water. Resistors limit the flow of electricity. […] Light is transmitted from the color LED, through the fiber optic cable, to control the NPN transistor (Q2) and red LED (D1). [2017 October 26, “Snap Circuits Light”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, pages 9, 59:]
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Turn your transistor on and let the music play [1978, Billy Joel, Half a Mile Away:]
Nouns inflected like transistor
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Blend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947, who used transresistance as the basis for forming transistor.
Verbs referencing "transistor"
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transistor, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
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Transistor, Finnish Nouns
transistori, Polish Nouns
tranzystor, Portuguese Nouns
transístor, Hungarian Nouns
tranzisztor.