ELECTRONIC TRANSISTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electronic transistor mean? 

• ELECTRONIC TRANSISTOR (noun)
  The noun ELECTRONIC TRANSISTOR has 1 sense:

1. a semiconductor device capable of amplification

  Familiarity information: ELECTRONIC TRANSISTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRONIC TRANSISTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A semiconductor device capable of amplification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

electronic transistor; junction transistor; transistor

Hypernyms ("electronic transistor" is a kind of...):

semiconductor; semiconductor device; semiconductor unit (a conductor made with semiconducting material)

Meronyms (parts of "electronic transistor"):

base ((electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector)

collector (the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes)

emitter (the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate)

Domain category:

electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electronic transistor"):

FET; field-effect transistor (a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field)

p-n-p transistor (a junction transistor having an n-type semiconductor between a p-type semiconductor that serves as an emitter and a p-type semiconductor that serves as a collector)