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Noun semiconductor has 2 senses
  1. semiconductor, semiconducting material - 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
    --1 is a kind of conductor
    --1 is a substance of semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor
    --1 has particulars:
     germanium, Ge, atomic number 32; silicon, Si, atomic number 14
  2. semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor - a conductor made with semiconducting material
    --2 is a kind of conductor
    --2 has substances: semiconductor, semiconducting material
    --2 has particulars:
     chip, microchip, micro chip, silicon chip; diode, semiconductor diode, junction rectifier, crystal rectifier; n-type semiconductor; p-type semiconductor; thermistor, thermal resistor; transistor, junction transistor, electronic transistor
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