transistor radio
11Radio — is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of… …
12Transistor — Sm (ein Halbleiter Bauteil) erw. fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. transistor, dieses eine Neubildung zu ne. transfer Übertragung (vgl. transferieren) und ne. resistor Widerstand , zu ne. resist widerstehen, sich widersetzen , aus l.… …
13transistor — ► NOUN 1) a semiconductor device with three connections, capable of amplification and rectification. 2) (also transistor radio) a portable radio using circuits containing transistors. DERIVATIVES transistorize (also transistorise) verb. ORIGIN… …
14Radio Ceylon — (SLBC) Type radio, and online Country …
15transistor — (n.) small electronic device, 1948, from TRANSFER (Cf. transfer) + RESISTOR (Cf. resistor), so called because it transfers an electrical current across a resistor. Said to have been coined by U.S. electrical engineer John Robinson Pierce (1910… …
16transistor — /tran zis teuhr/, n. 1. Electronics. a semiconductor device that amplifies, oscillates, or switches the flow of current between two terminals by varying the current or voltage between one of the terminals and a third: although much smaller in… …
17radio — 1. radio [ radjo ] n. m. • 1907; abrév. de radiogramme, radiotélégraphiste 1 ♦ Vx Radiogramme. 2 ♦ (1917) Radiotélégraphiste. ⇒ sans filiste. Le radio de bord d un avion. ⇒ radionavigant. « Le radio, de ses doigts, lâchait les derniers… …
18radio — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wireless, radio telegraphy, radio telephony; radiogram. See communication. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The study and practice of wireless communication] Syn. radio transmission, radio reception, signaling …
19radio — n. radio receiving set 1) to put on, switch on, turn on a radio 2) to switch off, turn off a radio 3) to turn down; turn up a radio 4) to listen to the radio 5) an AM; clock; FM; shortwave; transistor radio 6) on, over the radio (I heard the bad… …
20transistor — [[t]trænzɪ̱stə(r)[/t]] transistors 1) N COUNT A transistor is a small electronic part in something such as a television or radio, which controls the flow of electricity. 2) N COUNT A transistor or a transistor radio is a small portable radio.… …
