transistor

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He could see, on that evening long ago, that this transistor would be easily manufacturable—manufacturable in great quantities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

And he saw this as a chance to bring in researchers—Shockley, Gerald Pearson, John Pierce and others—who later worked on the transistor, the solar cell and the first communications satellite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The fire was right beneath a power line, and the transistor charred.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

"The transistor is like a little pipe for electrons instead of water," Muller said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

There, in the dark, sitting on a sack of bark chips for her orchids, Dedd had slowly turned the dial on Jaimito Enrique’s transistor radio.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez