Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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germanium | Yes | No | No | No |
semiconductor | Yes | No | No | No |
germanium (noun) | semiconductor (noun) |
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a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite | a conductor made with 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 |