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# semiconductor

«semiconductor» in Mova's school dictionary: **A material, such as silicon, that lets electricity flow…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a semiconductor, semiconductors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A material, such as silicon, that lets electricity flow through it better than an insulator but not as well as a metal, and whose flow can be controlled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semiconductor/#m1)

2) A device or chip made from such material, used in computers and phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semiconductor/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on electricity, materials are conductors (metals), insulators (plastic, rubber) and semiconductors in between. In technology and news, semiconductors (chips) are inside phones, cars and computers; countries like Taiwan, South Korea and the USA make many of them. Phrases: «semiconductor chip», «semiconductor industry».

### examples

- Silicon is the most common semiconductor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semiconductor/#x1)
- Every phone contains tiny semiconductor chips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semiconductor/#x2)
- A semiconductor conducts electricity better than rubber but worse than copper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semiconductor/#x3)
- Solar panels use semiconductors to turn light into electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semiconductor/#x4)
- There was a shortage of semiconductors, so car factories slowed down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semiconductor/#x5)
- LED lights are made with semiconductors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semiconductor/#x6)

### note

Countable: semiconductors. «Semi-» means half or partly. Silicon Valley in California is named after the semiconductor silicon. Not the same as a «superconductor», which carries electricity with no resistance at all.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «semiconductor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semiconductor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.