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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.

n. A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator.

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

"For six years he taught a graduate course in semiconductor device physics at the University of California, Berkeley."

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