transistor

noun

/tɹænˈzɪs.tɚ/US

Etymology

Blend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947, who used transresistance as the basis for forming transistor.

derived from resisto
derived from resistre
derived from resister
inherited from resisten
formed as resistor — “resist + -or”
compounded as transistor — “transfer + resistor”

Definitions

A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for…
A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
2
A transistor radio.
- Turn your transistor on and let the music play

The neighborhood

Derived

FET, junction transistor, pass transistor, post-transistor, silicon planar epitaxial transistor, TFT, thin-film transistor, transistorize, transistorized, transistor radio, UJT

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at transistor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at transistor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at transistor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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