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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The effect by which certain kinds of glass films that are normally non-conductive become semiconductive upon application of a minimum voltage.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Stanford Robert Ovshinsky, (born 1923), American inventor.]
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