TRANSISTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transistor mean? 

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

1. a semiconductor device capable of amplification

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• 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 ("transistor" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "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 "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)

Derivation:

transistorize (equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors)

 Context examples 

A transistor in which incident light acts as the base activating input.

(Phototransistor Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The electron source electrode in a transistor or any source in a system.

(Emitter Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

This means the transistor can control its own electrical voltage.

(Transistor that mimics neurons developed, SciDev.Net)

A transistor designed so that current through it is controlled by a variable electric field.

(Field Effect Transistor Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A microelectronic device that incorporates many interconnected transistors and components.

(Integrated Circuit Chip Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

An international team of scientists has developed a transistor capable of mimicking some characteristics of neurons, such as counting, remembering and performing simple arithmetic operations.

(Transistor that mimics neurons developed, SciDev.Net)

More research is needed before the transistor can be used as a technological tool.

(Transistor that mimics neurons developed, SciDev.Net)

Since quantum dots are sensitive to photons, the transistor is capable of perceiving light.

(Transistor that mimics neurons developed, SciDev.Net)

The transistor consists of micrometric and nanoscale parts, and can process information in infinitely smaller scales of time, space and energy than do current transistors, such as the ones used in the average calculator.

(Transistor that mimics neurons developed, SciDev.Net)

However, it can lead to the development of a platform for the manufacture of super-compact calculators and other electronic equipment that need to have memory intrinsically linked to the transistor itself, or incorporate features at nanoscale without requiring an additional memory unit.

(Transistor that mimics neurons developed, SciDev.Net)