Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun semiconducting_material

1 sense of semiconducting material

Sense 1
semiconductor, semiconducting material -- (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)
       => conductor -- (a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat)