FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does field-effect transistor mean? 

• FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR (noun)
  The noun FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR 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: FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR used as a noun is very rare.

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• FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR (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 ("field-effect transistor" is a kind of...):

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