0 a small electronic device that controls the flow of an electric current. -- transistor
1 (also transistor radio) a portable radio that uses these -- transistorradio, reiseradio
She took her transistor everywhere with her.
Already we have transistors and potted or printed circuits which were developed for space projects being widely used for other purposes.
I am connected with the semiconductor industry, which deals with such things as electronics, diodes and transistors.
In electronics, the change from thermionics to devices for transistors needed vast sums of money to develop and carry out the right research before implementation.
We have heard about the tremendous increase in the number of transistors not only in the developed countries but in underdeveloped countries.
They have the plant and equipment to make high frequency mesa types of transistors which we do not have.
Young people do not want to become industrial robots producing transistors by the million or motor-cars by the million.
Transistors have to be used in all the satellites because valves are too heavy.
The issue of potential damage to transistors from background radiation is primarily a matter for those companies and organisations that design and manufacture microchips.
