transistor
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“This looks like the transistor we’ve been waiting for,” he had written with excitement on March 17, 1955, after successfully testing the device.
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 detector records detailed patterns created as electrons pass through the transistor structures.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
No wonder AT&T missed every major technology transition after the transistor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
We’d grab the old transistor radio her parents had given her, go outside at night, raise the antenna, and point it at the stars.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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