electronic transistor

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electronic transistor - a semiconductor device capable of amplificationjunction transistor, transistorbase - (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collectorcollector - the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodesemitter - the electrode in a transistor where electrons originateFET, field-effect transistor - a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric fieldp-n-p transistor - a junction transistor having an n-type semiconductor between a p-type semiconductor that serves as an emitter and a p-type semiconductor that serves as a collectorsemiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor - a conductor made with semiconducting materialelectronics - the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices