verb
- to convert (an electronic device or circuit) from using vacuum tubes to using transistors
Usage: British spelling
Examples
- The company decided to transistorise their old radio designs.
- Engineers worked to transistorise the computer systems in the 1960s.
- The factory began to transistorise their electronic equipment to reduce size and power consumption.
- It took several years to fully transistorise the telecommunications network.
- The military sought to transistorise their communication devices for better portability.
- Manufacturers rushed to transistorise their products to stay competitive.