トランジスター
トランジスター · toranjisutaa · JLPT N1 · noun
transistor
📻 transfer + resistor = transistor, a resistor that transfers signals
Written トランジスター in katakana and read toranjisutaa. Coined in 1948 at Bell Labs by blending transfer and resistor, the device transfers signals across a resistance. The final ー stretches the English -or sound.