TRANSISTORS Antonyms

• a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier

• a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction

• an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit

• the act of passing something along from one person or group to another

• a crew of workers who relieve another crew

• a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals

• a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance

• electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit

• pass along

• control or operate by relay

• an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

• a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities

• a conductor made with semiconducting material

• a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

• device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone

• control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid

• the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs

• one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods