transistorize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to convert (a system, device, industry, etc) to the use or manufacture of or operation by transistors and other solid-state components
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to equip (a device or circuit) with transistors and other solid-state components
Etymology
Origin of transistorize
First recorded in 1950–55; transistor + -ize
Example Sentences
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Bakken would later found Medtronic, develop the first transistorized cardiac pacemaker, and open a museum devoted to electricity in the life sciences that's housed in a Gothic Revival style mansion in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 10, 2018
The TX-0 was the world’s first transistorized computer.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2016
A founder of DEC, which built the first transistorized computers, and then made them small.
From Forbes ● Sep. 27, 2012
More consistent performance from the first fully transistorized in-dash units came early in the next decade.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2012
“Legally you’re not. But really you are. Biologically. You’re not made out of transistorized circuits like a false animal; you’re an organic entity.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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