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SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conductor made with semiconducting material
Synonyms:
semiconductor; semiconductor device; semiconductor unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("semiconductor device" is a kind of...):
conductor (a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.)
Meronyms (substance of "semiconductor device"):
semiconducting material; semiconductor (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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "semiconductor device"):
chip; micro chip; microchip; microprocessor chip; silicon chip (electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit)
crystal rectifier; diode; junction rectifier; semiconductor diode (a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction)
n-type semiconductor (a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons)
p-type semiconductor (a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes)
thermal resistor; thermistor (a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit)
electronic transistor; junction transistor; transistor (a semiconductor device capable of amplification)
