semiconductor
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
semiconductor/semikənˈdʌktə(r)/
▶noun a solid, e.g. silicon, whose conductivity is between that of an insulator and a conductive metal and increases with temperature.
– derivatives
semiconducting adjective.
semiconducting adjective.
'semiconductor' also found in these Oxford entries:
boron
- charge carrier
- charge-coupled device
- CMOS
- diode
- donor
- dopant
- dope
- getter
- hole
- impurity
- junction
- LED
- MOSFET
- n-type
- photodiode
- p–n junction
- PNP
- p-type
- thyristor
- transistor
- triac
- triode
- tunnel diode
- varactor
- varistor
- wafer
- Zener diode
