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anticlimax a descent from important or powerful ideas, esp. in speech or writing, to much less significant ones. [1/3 definitions]
let alone much less (used to add to one's statement an element that is highly unlikely given the fact just stated).
transistor a compact electronic device that uses semiconductors to regulate current flow and thus requires much less energy for operation than a vacuum tube. [1/2 definitions]