antedating transistor (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

Only a 3 day antedating, but for an important word.

OED has 1 Jul 1948

[Bell Labs memorandum] 28 May 1948, p. 2.
"Transistor.  This is an abbreviated combination of the words
"transconductance" or "transfer", and "Varistor"."

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Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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