Why not the base, both "base" and "common" are antonyms or noble :^)
No, it needs glide-reflection symmetry on one axis like the waveform you get by low-passing a square-wave: _ ____ R __ __ | | | ---/\/\/---+------ .' \ .' |____| |__ | / `.__/ ===== C |----t----| | --+-- ///// RC < t
In the frequency domian saying inversion is the same as 180deg phase shift is completely accurate, in the time domain it sometimes works..
Still ambiguous.
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It depends what they are learning, if they are learing transistors as a device you can solder wires to to make useful circuits, the notion of common base etc is useful.
If they are wanting to write dissertions on the operation of solid state electronics perhaps not so much.
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