FET

¹ American  

1. Banking. federal estate tax.

2. Electronics. field-effect transistor.

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F.E.T. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Federal Excise Tax.

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FET British  

abbreviation

1. field-effect transistor

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Example Sentences

The function of the new FET was, in Franco’s words, to incorporate the “great unaffiliated neutral mass” of Spaniards, for whom doctrinal rigidity would not be desirable.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2017

The FET became a reality, however much cognitive dissonance this generated.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2017

FET programs could serve as a “test bed for the EIC,” and the advisory board is drafting a plan to that effect, he says.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 23, 2015

A large, primitive, power-hungry active    electrical device, similar in function to a FET but constructed out    of glass, metal, and vacuum.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.