Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to a compound consisting of a metal in combination with one or more organic radicals, such as zinc methyl, Zn(CH3)2, or magnesium ethyl iodide, MgIC2H5.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a series of compounds of certain metallic elements with organic radicals; as, zinc methyl, sodium ethyl, etc.; now usually organometallic.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective chemistry organometallic
  • noun Any organometallic compound

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Examples

  • The LED industry has added significant MOCVD metalorganic chemical vapour deposition - equipment used to make LEDs capacity over the last 2 years, some of it to meet genuine demand, but a majority of the incremental capacity adds were encouraged by subsidies in China.

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  • The company is also ramping up its capacity to manufacture the MOCVD equipment, or metalorganic chemical vapor deposition equipment, to meet growing demand for LEDs that are taking increasing share of the television market as well as the lighting market.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • With continual supply shortages, third-quarter prices for metalorganic gases, key materials of LED chip production, have risen by 100%, putting pressure on LED chipmakers to improve yield rates to maintain gross margins.

    DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia 2010

  • The company is also ramping up its capacity to manufacture the MOCVD equipment, or metalorganic chemical vapor deposition equipment, to meet growing demand for LEDs that are taking increasing share of the television market as well as the lighting market.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • The company is also ramping up its capacity to manufacture the MOCVD equipment, or metalorganic chemical vapor deposition equipment, to meet growing demand for LEDs that are taking increasing share of the television market as well as the lighting market.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • Some of the semiconductors that are fabricated using metalorganic gases are

    HDTV Magazine 2010

  • According to Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tekcore, manufacturers with yields less than 60% will likely incur losses with both metalorganic gases and sapphire substrates in tight supply.

    DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia 2010

  • The company is also ramping up its capacity to manufacture the MOCVD equipment, or metalorganic chemical vapor deposition equipment, to meet growing demand for LEDs that are taking increasing share of the television market as well as the lighting market.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • Product Briefing Outline: SAFC Hitech has introduced the 'EpiVapor', a metalorganic vapor phase distribution system for compound semiconductor manufacturing.

    Fabtech - News 2009

  • Product Briefing Outline: SAFC Hitech has introduced the 'EpiVapor', a metalorganic vapor phase distribution system for compound semiconductor manufacturing.

    Fabtech - News 2009

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