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

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2017

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

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.