FET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does FET mean? 

• FET (noun)
  The noun FET has 1 sense:

1. a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field

  Familiarity information: FET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

FET; field-effect transistor

Hypernyms ("FET" is a kind of...):

electronic transistor; junction transistor; transistor (a semiconductor device capable of amplification)

 Context examples 

Reflecting the increased amino acid transport capacity of tumor cells, F-18 fluroethyltyrosine (F-18 FET) is actively taken up in tumor cells via amino acid transport system, but is neither incorporated into proteins nor readily degraded, resulting in high intracellular concentrations of this imaging agent.

(Fluoroethyltyrosine F18, NCI Thesaurus)

Reflecting the increased amino acid transport capacity of tumor cells, F-18 fluroethyltyrosine (F-18 FET) is actively taken up in tumor cells via the amino acid transport system, but is neither incorporated into proteins nor readily degraded, resulting in high intracellular concentrations of this imaging agent.

(F-18 Fluoroethyltyrosine, NCI Thesaurus)