transistor
A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
Other meanings
A transistor radio.
Synonyms
- junction transistor
- electronic transistor
A kind of
- semiconductor device
Kinds of transistor
- field-effect transistor
Related words
- barristor
- biotransistor
- heterotransistor
- nanotransistor
- phototransistor
- spacistor
- thyristor
- transistorisation
- transistorise
- transistorization
- transistorless
- transputer
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “transistor” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.