transistorized
/træn'sistəraizd/
Definition
Adjective: 1. Equipped with transistors: Describes an electronic device that uses transistors as its primary active components, replacing older technologies like vacuum tubes. - The transistorized radio was much smaller and more reliable than its tube-based predecessor.
Usage
- Used to describe electronic devices, circuits, or systems where transistors are the fundamental amplifying or switching components.
- Often highlights a historical or technological shift from vacuum tube technology to solid-state electronics.
- Typically modifies nouns like , , , , or .
Examples
- Adjective:
- The company's first transistorized television was a major commercial success.
- Modern computers are built on transistorized integrated circuits.
- He collects vintage transistorized audio equipment from the 1960s.
Advanced Usage
- "fully transistorized": Emphasizes that all critical electronic functions within a device use transistors, with no vacuum tubes.
- The military required a rugged, fully transistorized communication system.
Variants and Related Words
- Transistor (n): A semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power.
- Transistorize (v): To equip (a device or circuit) with transistors.
- The engineers worked to transistorize the old amplifier design.
- Solid-state (adj): A broader term for electronic components (like transistors) or devices that use semiconductors and have no moving parts or vacuum tubes. A transistorized device is a type of solid-state device.
Synonyms
- Solid-state (when referring to the use of semiconductors instead of vacuum tubes).
Antonyms
- Tube-based (using vacuum tubes).
- Valve-based (chiefly British English, using vacuum tubes/valves).
Adjective
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(of an electronic device) equipped with transistors
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