Definition of transistorize in English:
transistorize
(British transistorise)
verbtrɑːnˈsɪstərʌɪztranˈzɪstərʌɪztrɑːnˈzɪstərʌɪztranˈsɪstərʌɪztrænˈzɪstəˌraɪz
[with object]usually as adjective transistorizedDesign or make with transistors rather than valves.
a transistorized tape recorder
Example sentencesExamples
- I must have a strange view of government, because I never realised that we paid taxes for the privilege of being lied to by the transistorised apparatchiks of the People's Party.
- The transistorized gravity-strain amplifier derives power from the gravitational field manipulation of positrons.
- Radio became such an important and sought-after commodity that its development soon went from huge pieces of furniture for indoors to little transistorised ornaments to fit in one's pocket.
- There are probably fewer professional live musicians than there would be if we had never enjoyed radios, jukeboxes, transistorized stereos, or computerized file sharing.
Derivatives
noun-ˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
He eventually gave it up, as color television and general transistorization shrank the ecological niche.
Example sentencesExamples
- The door is now open to the transistorization of other mass production devices.
- The outstanding features of this special computer, built in 1964, include full transistorization and a special magnetic core memory.
- But these markets would not have been available without multiple radio households, transistorisation, and the invasion of radio into public spaces.
- And with the obvious advantages then being offered by transistorisation they naturally concentrated on designing equipment that employed this new technique to the full.
- The present invention relates especially to the transistorization of a channel switch for use in a telephone exchange.
Definition of transistorize in US English:
transistorize
(British transistorise)
verbtrænˈzɪstəˌraɪztranˈzistəˌrīz
[with object]usually as adjective transistorizedDesign or make with transistors rather than vacuum tubes.
a transistorized tape recorder
Example sentencesExamples
- The transistorized gravity-strain amplifier derives power from the gravitational field manipulation of positrons.
- I must have a strange view of government, because I never realised that we paid taxes for the privilege of being lied to by the transistorised apparatchiks of the People's Party.
- There are probably fewer professional live musicians than there would be if we had never enjoyed radios, jukeboxes, transistorized stereos, or computerized file sharing.
- Radio became such an important and sought-after commodity that its development soon went from huge pieces of furniture for indoors to little transistorised ornaments to fit in one's pocket.