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semiconductor vs Si

Si vs semiconductor

semiconductor and Si both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
semiconductor Yes No No No
Si Yes No No No
As nouns, Si is a hyponym of semiconductor; that is, Si is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than semiconductor:
  • 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
  • Si: a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
Other hyponyms of semiconductor include atomic number 32, Ge, germanium, atomic number 14, silicon.
semiconductor (noun) Si (noun)
a conductor made with semiconducting material a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
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
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