semiconductor
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- noun
- /ˌsɛmɪˈkɒndʌktər/
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semiconductor
- In the electronics industry, a semiconductor like silicon is widely used in computer chips.
- silicon semiconductor
- a semiconductor device
- semiconductor material
We are pushing the very boundaries of semiconductor technology in these bands.
- We are pushing the very boundaries of semiconductor technology in these bands.
- So have you heard of Moore's Law in the semiconductor space?
- We also must ask if blocking Chinese access to advanced semiconductors would even work.
- He was, he was looking at the, the resistance of two pieces of semiconductor with an insulator in between.
- Now look, I understand there's been some news that hasn't been the greatest regarding semiconductors and and PC shipments.
- But more to the point, you you etch the circuits on the semiconductor with lasers.
- If, if you can design and assemble the jet, that's great, but you also need the semiconductors, You also need the steel.
- And, and so scale up gave us the opportunity to create essentially a giant GPU that semiconductor physics can't possibly enable.
- A A Chinese takeover of Taiwan would in effect turn China into the OPEC of semiconductor chips.
- The list of stuff from China that the tariffs are being imposed on, It's it's EVs and semiconductors, it's port equipment, it's medical equipment.
- Just replace the swing with the semiconductor and yourself with a laser.
Examples
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A quantum dot is a crystal of semiconductor material that is only a few nanometers in length.
Academic text (2011) -
Without semiconductors, your smartphone would not be a smartphone.
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We start with materials growth where we really grow our semiconductor and get our structure in it.
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Do you know what a semiconductor is?
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We're the leading maker of semiconductor equipment.
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I'm Japanese American and I work in the semiconductor industry.
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There are still many interesting problems in semiconductor science and many technological challenges.
Academic text (1993) -
We are pushing the very boundaries of semiconductor technology in these bands.
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Recent joint ventures by automobile, computer, and semiconductor companies, however, may signal a change in that attitude.
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The basic structure is a thin semiconductor slab made of indium, gallium, arsenic, and phosphorus.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
A solid that conducts electricity more when warm or when it has small amounts of other elements
Antonyms
Compounds
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An electronic part made from a material that partly conducts electricity and controls its flow in circuits, like transistors
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A semiconductor that conducts electricity mainly with extra electrons from added atoms
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A material that conducts electricity mainly by positive holes rather than electrons
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A small electronic part used in power supplies and lights that lets electricity flow only one way
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A small part made from a material that controls electric current in electronic devices
How Conductive
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3.9
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Semiconductor breaks into semi- meaning 'half' and conductor meaning 'one that leads'. So a semiconductor is a material that 'partly conducts' electricity — it lets some electricity through but not as much as a full conductor.