semiconductor

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semiconductor

  • /ˌsɛmikənˈdʌktə/ UK
  • /ˌsɛmikənˈdʌktɚ/ Canada, US
  • /ˌsemikənˈdɐktə/ Australia, New Zealand

noun semiconductors

  1. A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator. Holonyms: chip, microchip, integrated circuit
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis, metonymically Ellipsis of semiconductor device Near-synonyms: chip, microchip, integrated circuit

    Similar: chip, microchip, integrated circuit

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, transistor, insulator, semi, semimetal, chip, conductor, semis, provident, sia, chik, semiconductive, microchip, silicon, semiconducting

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noun substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator

Españolsemiconductor
한국어반도체 bandoche
日本語半導体 handōtai
中文半導體 /半导体 bàndǎotǐ
हिन्दीअर्धचालक पदार्थ ardhacālak padārth
Portuguêssemicondutor
Françaissemiconducteur
DeutschHalbleiter
Italianosemiconduttore
Ελληνικάημιαγωγός imiagogós
Românăsemiconductor
Русскийполупроводни́к poluprovodník
Tiếng Việtchất bán dẫn
العربيةشِبْه مُوَصِّل šibh muwaṣṣil
עבריתמוֹלִיךְ לְמֶחֱצָה molíkh lemekhetsá

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@misc{semiconductor_2026,
  title = {semiconductor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/semiconductor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}