noun
- small electronic devices that control the flow of electric current, used to amplify signals or switch circuits on and off
Usage: electronics; plural of transistor
Examples
- Modern computers contain billions of transistors on their microprocessors.
- The invention of transistors revolutionized electronics in the 1950s.
- These transistors can switch on and off millions of times per second.
- The radio uses transistors to amplify the weak signal from the antenna.
- Silicon transistors are essential components in smartphones and tablets.
- The engineer tested each of the transistors before installing them in the circuit.