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nouna semiconductor device capable of amplification
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- base (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- si a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
- collector the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
- ge a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
- silicon a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
- emitter the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate
- shockley United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)
- transistorised (of an electronic device) equipped with transistors
- arsine a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare
- germanium a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite