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transistorize, v.|trɑːnˈsɪstəraɪz, træn-, -nˈz-|
[f. prec. + -ize.]
trans. To design or make with transistors (rather than valves). Chiefly as tranˈsistorized ppl. a., employing transistors; also fig.
1953Sci. News Let. 7 Feb. 86/1 Because of their ruggedness, ‘transistorized’ amplifiers should eliminate many an electronic headache under the restless sea. 1959Listener 28 May 930/1 The compactness of transistorized equipment and their small power requirements make them suitable for use in telephone exchanges. 1963T. D. Towers Transistor T.V. Receivers viii. 125/1 The line output stage has proved to be the most difficult part of the line time base to transistorise. 1963Daily Tel. 5 Oct. 8/2 What Mr. Wilson has done is to lift the whole nationalisation issue..out of its traditional context and give it a streamlined, transistorized modern setting. 1972Ibid. 31 July 3/1 Both are powered by a new six cylinder, 2·8 litre twin-cam engine with transistorised ignition and electronic fuel injection. 1976A. Hope Hi-fi Handbk. 27 When the craze for transistorising everything got under way, in the 1960s, very few true hi-fi enthusiasts would touch a transistor amplifier with a barge pole. 1980J. Gardner Garden of Weapons ii. ii. 132 The screech-boxes looked like..radio sets. They were in fact transistorised transmitters.
Hence tranˌsistoriˈzation, the use of transistors in electronic apparatus.
1957Trans. Soc. Instrument Technol. IX. 41/1 One feels that ‘transistorization’ is bound to be introduced rapidly, thus reducing cost, weight and power consumption. 1969Radio Times 4 Dec. 68 (Advt.), The Ferguson Colourstar is brilliantly designed for reliability with full transistorisation and modular construction. |