Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various solid crystalline substances, such as germanium or silicon, having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors, and used especially as a base material for computer chips and other electronic devices.
- n. An integrated circuit or other electronic component containing a semiconductor as a base material.
Wiktionary
- n. physics A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a conductor made with semiconducting material
- n. 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
Examples
“For six years he taught a graduate course in semiconductor device physics at the University of California, Berkeley.”
“PCMOS, which stands for probabilistic complementary metal oxide semiconductor, is a breakthrough that could boost performance of graphics on mobile phones, encryption and chips used inside medical implants without sucking as much power.”
“But he also notes that the progress made in semiconductor manufacturing means that multiple functions can be combined on a piece of monolithic silicon that can cost less and create a smaller device — which means the dumber PC model could win out, even on smartphones.”
“Reuters TSMC's chairman expects 5% growth in semiconductor industry revenue world-wide next year.”
““Take the semiconductor and related devices industry: data indicate that while there has been an increase in semiconductor imports from China, from $729 million in 2002 to $2.1 billion in 2006, our semiconductor exports to China have boomed, going from $1.5 billion in 2002 to $5.8 billion in 2006.””
Matthew Yglesias » What’s Not the Matter With American Manufacturing
“Well, at least Taiwan has strength in semiconductor knowledge which China can use and gain”
“Silicon Valley leads in semiconductor manufacturing, while Seattle is the software publishing capital.”
The High-Tech Job Capital Is…The Big Apple? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
“In almost all branches of electronics, computing, and telecommunications, awards made to the leading company jumped mightily from 2005 to 2006-by as much as 48 percent in semiconductor manufacturing, 60 percent in telecommunications equipment, and 65 percent in electronics.”
Just Released: Lists & Rankings: Patent Scorecard 2006 « ResourceShelf
“In October he called the semiconductor-equipment sector "totally unpredictable.”
The Wall Street Journal: Novellus to Cut Work Force, CEO Pay
“I have spent 20 years in semiconductor manufacturing.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘semiconductor’.
-
SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
-
TECH - metals and alloys
embrittle, braze, nickel alloy, metallize, Inconel, eutectic, metalize, vapor pressure, corrosion-resistant, alloy, stainless steel, neutron flux and 262 more...
-
IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
-
NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
-
List 6
Derivatives from Chapter 6 of Part One of English Words from Latin and Greek Elements
semiconductor, centipede, viaduct, dualism, quadripartite, sextuplets, interlocutor, convocation, transverse, sacrosanct, accede, tripartite and 9 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for semiconductor.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.