"transistor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹænˈzɪs.tɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-transistor.wav [US] Forms: transistors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ) Etymology: Blend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|transfer|resistor}} Blend of transfer + resistor, {{coinage|en|John Robinson Pierce|in=1947|nat=American|nobycat=1|nocap=1|occ=engineer}} coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947 Head templates: {{en-noun}} transistor (plural transistors)
  1. (semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions. Categories (topical): Semiconductors Translations (solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals): تْرَانْزِسْتُور (tranzistur) [masculine] (Arabic), транзи́стор (tranzístor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), transistor [masculine] (Catalan), 電晶體 (Chinese Cantonese), 电晶体 (english: din⁶ zing¹ tai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 晶體管 (Chinese Cantonese), 晶体管 (english: zing¹ tai² gun²) (Chinese Cantonese), 原子粒 (Chinese Cantonese), 晶體管 (Chinese Mandarin), 晶体管 (jīngtǐguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 電晶體 [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 电晶体 (diànjīngtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), tranzistor [masculine] (Czech), transistor [masculine] (Dutch), transistor (Estonian), transistori (Finnish), transistor [masculine] (French), transistor [masculine] (Galician), Transistor [masculine] (German), κρυσταλλοτρίοδος (krystallotríodos) [feminine] (Greek), τρανζίστορ (tranzístor) [neuter] (Greek), טרנזיסטור (tranzístor) [masculine] (Hebrew), tranzisztor (Hungarian), smári [masculine] (Icelandic), transistor (Indonesian), トランジスタ (toranjisuta) (Japanese), ត្រង់ស៊ីស្ទ័រ (trɑngsiistɔə) (Khmer), 트랜지스터 (teuraenjiseuteo) (Korean), transistors [masculine] (Latvian), tranzistorius [masculine] (Lithuanian), transistor (Malay), whitiārai (Maori), tranzystor [masculine] (Polish), transístor [masculine] (Portuguese), tranzistor [neuter] (Romanian), транзи́стор (tranzístor) [masculine] (Russian), транзистор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tranzistor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), transistor [masculine] (Spanish), transistor [common-gender] (Swedish), saligwil (Tagalog), transistör (Turkish), bóng bán dẫn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-transistor-en-noun-1Rz-ZSQ3 Disambiguation of 'solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals': 92 8
  2. (dated, informal) A transistor radio. Tags: dated, informal Translations (small portable radio): транзи́стор (tranzístor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), transistor [masculine] (Catalan), tranzistor [masculine] (Czech), tranďák [masculine] (Czech), transistor (Estonian), transistor [masculine] (Galician), טרנזיסטור (tranzístor) [masculine] (Hebrew), radiolina [feminine] (Italian), tranzistorius [masculine] (Lithuanian), tranzystor [masculine] (Polish), транзи́стор (tranzístor) [masculine] (Russian), радиоприёмник (radioprijómnik) [masculine] (Russian), приёмник (prijómnik) [masculine] (Russian), transistor [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-transistor-en-noun-Zy2F4rmR Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'small portable radio': 0 100
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      "word": "silicon planar epitaxial transistor"
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      "word": "TFT"
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      "word": "transistorize"
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          "ref": "1978, Billy Joel, Half a Mile Away",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "ca",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "transistor"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "電晶體"
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      "english": "din⁶ zing¹ tai²",
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "原子粒"
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      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
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      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "晶体管"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
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      "roman": "diànjīngtǐ",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "transistor"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "transistori"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "transistor"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
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      "word": "transistor"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "Transistor"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "krystallotríodos",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κρυσταλλοτρίοδος"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "tranzístor",
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      "word": "טרנזיסטור"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "tranzisztor"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "transistor"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "km",
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      "word": "ត្រង់ស៊ីស្ទ័រ"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "teuraenjiseuteo",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "트랜지스터"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
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      "word": "transistors"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
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      "word": "tranzistorius"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "transistor"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "whitiārai"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "transístor"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "tranzistor"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "tranzístor",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "транзи́стор"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transistor"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
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      "word": "transistor"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "saligwil"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "transistör"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals",
      "word": "bóng bán dẫn"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tranzístor",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "транзи́стор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "transistor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tranzistor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tranďák"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "word": "transistor"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transistor"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tranzístor",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "טרנזיסטור"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radiolina"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tranzistorius"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tranzystor"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tranzístor",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "транзи́стор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "radioprijómnik",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "радиоприёмник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prijómnik",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приёмник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small portable radio",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "transistor"
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}

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