Brattain

American  

[brat-n] / ˈbræt n /

noun

1. Walter Houser 1902–1987, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1956.

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Brattain British  

/ ˈbrætən /

noun

1. Walter Houser . 1902–87, US physicist, who shared the Nobel prize for physics (1956) with W. B. Shockley and John Bardeen for their invention of the transistor

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Brattain Scientific  

/ brăt′n /

1. American physicist who, with John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the transistor in 1947. For this work all three shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for physics.

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Example Sentences

John Bardeen, William Shockley and Walter Brattain invented the transistor at Bell Labs in 1947, and were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work.Credit:

From Nature • Oct. 21, 2019

Electronics would really blossom after the invention in 1947 of the transistor—a compact solid state replacement for the bulky, delicate vacuum tube—by Americans John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2016

Mr. Brattain said the problem was a rupture of the cooling tower on the roof.

From New York Times • May 19, 2016

John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention of the transistor.

From National Geographic • Oct. 6, 2015

Many of the key partnerships in the digital age paired people with different skills and personalities, such as John Mauchly and Presper Eckert, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2014