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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Transistor

/trăn-zĭs'-tẽr/ · Trans·ist·or · IPA /tɹænˈzɪs.tɚ/
01 n. a component used in electronic devices consisting of three regions of at least two types of a semiconducting material, such as doped silico…
  1. 1.
    a component used in electronic devices consisting of three regions of at least two types of a semiconducting material, such as doped silicon, connected to each other and to three electrodes in a conducting path so as to modify the current or voltage in an electronic circuit.(Electronics)