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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The variation in the effective width of the base in a bipolar junction transistor due to a variation in the applied base-to-collector voltage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Named after American electrical engineer James M. Early who discovered the effect.
