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• Transistor radio — This article is about an electronic device. For the fourth studio album by M. Ward, see Transistor Radio.A transistor radio is a small transistor based radio receiver. Historically, the term transistor radio refers to a radio that is monaural and …   Wikipedia

• transistor radio — noun a small portable radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valves; popular from the late 1950s …   Wiktionary

• transistor — ► 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… …   English terms dictionary

• portable radio — transistor radio, small and movable radio/cassette system …   English contemporary dictionary

• transistor — /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… …   Universalium

• Radio communication system — A radio communication system send signals by radio. [cite book | title = Wireless Network Performance Handbook | author = Clint Smith, Curt Gervelis | year = 2003 | publisher = McGraw Hill Professional | isbn = 0071406557 | url =… …   Wikipedia

• radio — 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 …   English dictionary for students

• transistor — [[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.… …   English dictionary

• radio — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ car ▪ He was singing along with the car radio. ▪ CB, hand held, portable, transistor, two way ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• transistor — 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 transistorization or transistorisation noun… …   English new terms dictionary

• transistor — n. 1 a semiconductor device with three connections, capable of amplification in addition to rectification. 2 (in full transistor radio) a portable radio with transistors. Etymology: portmanteau word, f. TRANSFER + RESISTOR …   Useful english dictionary