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Resistor vs Transistor - What's the difference?

resistor | transistor |

As nouns the difference between resistor and transistor

is that resistor is one who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army while transistor is a solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.

resistor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
  • An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.

    • Derived terms

    (an electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it) * photoresistor * thermistor * varistor

    Anagrams

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    transistor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia transistor)
  • a solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions
  • (dated, informal) a transistor radio

    • Derived terms

    * transistorize * transistorized * transistor radio