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Noun: transistor  tran'zi-stu(r)
  1. A semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals
    "The invention of the transistor revolutionized the electronics industry";
    - junction transistor, electronic transistor

Derived forms: transistors

Type of: semiconductor, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit

Encyclopedia: Transistor