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発音

• (General American) IPA: /tɹænˈzɪs.tɚ/
• 韻: -ɪstə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: tran‧sis‧tor

名詞

transistor (plural transistors)

1. (semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
   • 2017 October, “Snap Circuits Light”, in Snap Circuits‎, Elenco, pages 9, 59:

     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. (dated, informal, metonymic) A transistor radio.
   • 1978, Billy Joel, Half a Mile Away:

     Turn your transistor on and let the music play

使用する際の注意点

Transistors, when referring to semiconductor components, may encompass field-effect transistors (FETs), unijunction transistors (UJTs), or bipolar junction transistors (BJTs); however, often the bipolar type is assumed.

派生語

Further reading

• transistor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia