The Emergence Machine

Transistor

physical · Technology · Level 13 · E11

E11Organizations

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A transistor is a semiconductor device that amplifies or switches signals by leveraging the unique properties of semiconductor materials to control the flow of electrical current within a circuit.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “transistor” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L5L2L1L0TransistorCircuitConductorElectricalElectricityAnimalElectromagnetismSemiconductor… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAmplifierL14ChipL14MicrochipL14TransistorL13SemiconductorL5CircuitL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Semiconductor L5 (requires)
    Transistors are built from semiconductor materials.
  • Circuit L12 (requires)
    A transistor is a semiconductor device that amplifies or switches signals.

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