1. a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field; [syn: field-effect transistor, FET]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
field-effect transistor
n 1: a transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose
effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse
electric field [syn: field-effect transistor, FET]