Definitions for transistor radio
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1. transistor radionoun

   a small portable radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valves; popular from the late 1950s

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1. Transistor radio

   A transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry. Following the invention of the transistor in 1947—which revolutionized the field of consumer electronics by introducing small but powerful, convenient hand-held devices—the Regency TR-1 was released in 1954 becoming the first commercial transistor radio. The mass-market success of the smaller and cheaper Sony TR-63, released in 1957, led to the transistor radio becoming the most popular electronic communication device of the 1960s and 1970s. Transistor radios are still commonly used as car radios. Billions of transistor radios are estimated to have been sold worldwide between the 1950s and 2012.The pocket size of transistor radios sparked a change in popular music listening habits, allowing people to listen to music anywhere they went. Beginning around 1980, however, cheap AM transistor radios were superseded initially by the boombox and the Sony Walkman, and later on by digitally-based devices with higher audio quality such as portable CD players, personal audio players, MP3 players and (eventually) by smartphones, many of which contain FM radios. A transistor is a semiconductor device that amplifies and acts as an electronic switch.

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1. Transistor radio

   A transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry. Following their development in 1954 they became the most popular electronic communication device in history, with billions manufactured during the 1960s and 1970s. Their pocket size sparked a change in popular music listening habits, allowing people to listen to music anywhere they went.

How to pronounce transistor radio?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of transistor radio in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of transistor radio in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of transistor radio in a Sentence

1. Tim Doling:

   In 1951 the French and their allies had complete control of the south (of Vietnam), so all the real revolutionary activity would be happening in the north, they would have a transistor radio (in the tunnels) and they'd be transcribing news of what would be happening in the north.

References

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2. ^ Wikipedia
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3. ^ Wikidata
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