transistor

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /tɹænˈzɪs.tɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
    — Switches and transistors control the flow of electricity like valves and faucets control water. Resistors limit the flow of electricity. […] Light is transmitted from the color LED, through the fiber optic cable, to control the NPN transistor (Q2) and red LED (D1).
  2. A transistor radio. dated,informal,metonymically
    — Turn your transistor on and let the music play

词形变化

transistors plural

词汇关系

衍生词
barristor biotransistor FET heterotransistor junction transistor nanotransistor pass transistor phototransistor post-transistor silicon planar epitaxial transistor spacistor TFT thin-film transistor thyristor transistorisation transistorise transistorization transistorize transistorized transistorless transistor radio transputer UJT

词源

Blend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947, who used transresistance as the basis for forming transistor.
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