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transistor

[tran-zis-ter] / trænˈzɪs tər /
NOUN
personal stereo
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The researchers showed that the same bacterial transistor could perform several logic operations depending on where it was positioned within a circuit.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

By the 50s it was making tape recorders and transistor radios.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Modern chip development depends heavily on shrinking transistor components.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

“Back then transistor radios were real popular,” David said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

A sailor with a transistor radio blaring from his back hip pocket passed near Ben and Mary Anne.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

For instance, the researchers built a bidirectional switch using two transistors that detect OC 12.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

More importantly, the devices demonstrated a combination that has been difficult to achieve in atomically thin transistors: very thin dielectric scaling, strong electrostatic control, and sustained carrier transport.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

For decades, much of the effort to improve transistors has centered on discovering better semiconductor materials or making devices smaller.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

The machines use focused beams of ultraviolet light to etch on wafers of silicon billions of transistors roughly the width of a strand of DNA.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Couples were drinking and whispering on the grass, and the transistors were turned down.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte




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