"transistor radio" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transistor radios [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} transistor radio (plural transistor radios)
  1. (dated) A small portable radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valves; popular from the late 1950s. Wikipedia link: transistor radio Tags: dated Categories (topical): Electronics, Radio Translations (a small radio having transistors): 晶體管收音機 (Chinese Mandarin), 晶体管收音机 (jīngtǐguǎn shōuyīnjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 電晶體收音機 (Chinese Mandarin), 电晶体收音机 (diànjīngtǐ shōuyīnjī) (Chinese Mandarin), tranzistor [masculine] (Czech), tranďák [masculine] (Czech), transistoriradio (Finnish), matkaradio (Finnish), transistor [masculine] (French), Transistorradio [neuter] (German), radiolina [feminine] (Italian), トランジスタラジオ (toranjisuta rajio) (Japanese), 트랜지스터 라디오 (english: teuraenjiseuteo radio) (Korean), tranzystor [masculine] (Polish), транзи́сторный радиоприёмник (tranzístornyj radioprijómnik) [masculine] (Russian), транзи́стор (tranzístor) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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