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TRANSISTOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A semiconductor device capable of amplification

Synonyms:

electronic transistor; junction transistor; transistor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("transistor" is a kind of...):

semiconductor; semiconductor device; semiconductor unit (a conductor made with semiconducting material)

Meronyms (parts of "transistor"):

base ((electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector)

collector (the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes)

emitter (the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate)

Domain category:

electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transistor"):

FET; field-effect transistor (a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field)

p-n-p transistor (a junction transistor having an n-type semiconductor between a p-type semiconductor that serves as an emitter and a p-type semiconductor that serves as a collector)

Derivation:

transistorize (equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The transistor was developed through tests and modelling carried out jointly by researchers from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil, the University of Würzburg, Germany, and the University of South Carolina, United States.

(Transistor that mimics neurons developed, SciDev.Net)