ALL meanings of solid-state
sol·id-state
S s - adjective solid-state controls current without moving parts 1
- adjective solid-state designating or pertaining to electronic devices, as transistors or crystals, that can control current without the use of moving parts, heated filaments, or vacuum gaps. 1
- adjective solid-state Solid-state electronic equipment is made using transistors or silicon chips, instead of valves or other mechanical parts. 0
- noun solid-state (of an electronic device) activated by a semiconductor component in which current flow is through solid material rather than in a vacuum 0
- noun solid-state of, concerned with, characteristic of, or consisting of solid matter 0
- adjective solid-state designating or of the branch of physics dealing with the fundamental properties of solids, as structure, binding forces, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties etc., and with their effects 0
- adjective solid-state designating, of, or equipped with electronic devices, as semiconductors, that can control current without heated filaments, moving parts, etc. 0
- adjective solid-state A solid-state device or circuit is one that relies on semiconductors rather than mechanical or vacuum tube circuits. 0