transistorize

[ tran-zis-tuh-rahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, Electronics.

, tran·sis·tor·ized, tran·sis·tor·iz·ing.

1. to equip with or convert to a circuit employing transistors.

transistorize

/ trænˈzɪstəˌraɪz /

verb

1. to convert (a system, device, industry, etc) to the use or manufacture of or operation by transistors and other solid-state components
2. to equip (a device or circuit) with transistors and other solid-state components

Word History and Origins

Origin of transistorize¹

First recorded in 1950–55; transistor + -ize

Example Sentences

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

The sounds are transistorized, sharper than sharp, just as the plastic lettering over a hot dog stand is redder than red.

From Time

A founder of DEC, which built the first transistorized computers, and then made them small.

From Forbes

More consistent performance from the first fully transistorized in-dash units came early in the next decade.

From New York Times

During World War I, a competent spy equipped with a compact transistorized short-wave communications system could have had himself a ball.

From Project Gutenberg