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    SEMICONDUCTOR UNIT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A conductor made with semiconducting materialplay

    Synonyms:

    semiconductor; semiconductor device; semiconductor unit

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("semiconductor unit" is a kind of...):

    conductor (a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.)

    Meronyms (substance of "semiconductor unit"):

    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 unit"):

    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)

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