Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Made of material, usually a semiconductor such as silicon, that has been doped with impurities so that it has an excess of electron holes.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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I used to perform audits of for-profit educational facilities, mostly trade schools, but I did do one larger U of P-type facility.
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P-type semiconductors have “holes,” which are empty places for electrons in the lattice, as their majority carrier because boron has one less valence electron than silicon.
Photovoltaics 2009
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When the motivation to achieve was low, P-type leadership alone generated the most productivity.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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When the motivation to achieve was low, P-type leadership alone generated the most productivity.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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P-type ATPases: Significance of structural diversity, Biochemistry (1996) 34,
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Structural organization, ion transport, and energy transduction of P-type ATPases, Biochimica et
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Organization of P-type ATPases: Significance of structural diversity, Biochemistry (1996) 34, 15607-15613.
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As a common name these enzymes are nowadays termed P-type ATPases since they are phosphorylated during the course of the reaction.
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Structural organization, ion transport, and energy transduction of P-type ATPases, Biochimica et
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Had the E-type Jag been unwisely named the P-type Jag, surely it would have experienced greater sales resistance.
Gridlock Elton, Ben 1991
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