semiconducting material

Noun
  1. A substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator;
    Its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities (synset 114845418)
    is a type of: conductor - a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat
    subtypes:
    • atomic number 32, ge, germanium - a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
    • atomic number 14, si, silicon - a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
    substance meronym: semiconductor, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit - a conductor made with semiconducting material
    same as: semiconductor

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