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10 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a semiconductor device capable of amplification
originBlend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947, who used transresistance as the basis for forming transistor.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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