nnoun.substancea 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 impuritiesSynset:semiconducting material
Substance Holonyms:semiconductor semiconductor device semiconductor unit
Hypernyms:conductor
Inherited Hypernyms:semiconductorconductormaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:semiconductorconductormaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:GeSiatomic number 14atomic number 32germaniumsilicon
Full Hyponyms:germaniumsilicon
nnoun.artifacta conductor made with semiconducting materialSynset:semiconductor device semiconductor unit
Hypernyms:conductor
Inherited Hypernyms:semiconductor deviceconductordeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:chipcrystal rectifierdiodeelectronic transistorjunction rectifierjunction transistormicro chipmicrochipmicroprocessor chipn-type semiconductorp-type semiconductorsemiconductor diodesilicon chipthermal resistorthermistortransistor
Substance Meronyms:semiconducting material semiconductor
Full Hyponyms:biochipchipdiodefield-effect transistorgene chiplight-emitting diodememory chipmicroprocessorn-type semiconductororganic light-emitting diodep-n-p transistorp-type semiconductorread-only memory chipthermistortransistor