semiconducting

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi

Latin sēmi-bor.

English semi-

English conducting

English semiconducting

From semi- + conducting.

Adjective

semiconducting (not comparable)

1. That has the characteristics of a semiconductor
   • 2016, Yuanfeng Xu, Bo Peng, Hao Zhang, Hezhu Shao, Rongjun Zhang, Hongliang Lu, David Wei Zhang, Heyuan Zhu, “First-principle calculations of phononic, electronic and optical properties of monolayer arsenene and antimonene allotropes”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Recently a stable monolayer of antimony in buckled honeycomb structure called antimonene was successfully grown on 3D topological insulator Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ and Sb$_{2}$Te$_{3}$, which displays semiconducting properties.

Derived terms

• semiconducting compound
• semiconducting crystal

Translations

having the characteristics of a semiconductor

• Dutch: halfgeleidend
• Georgian: ნახევარგამტარი (naxevargamṭari)
• Italian: semiconduttore (it)
• Polish: półprzewodnikowy m