transistor

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

transistor

radio

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Synonymes

junction transistor

electronic transistor

semi-conductor

switching

TRS

radio

📻

small electronic part

crystal triode

quasi-conductor

semiconductor

solid-state

Traductions

transistor

Transistor

τρανζίστορ

transistor

transistor

transistor

transistor

transístor

transistore

κρυσταλλοτρίοδος

tor

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κρυσταλλικός πολλαπλασιαστής

κρυσταλλολυχνία

ترانزستور

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɹænˈzɪs.tɚ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Blend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947.