n-type semiconductor

1. 1.

   a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons

   Broadersemiconductor device

Questions about n-type semiconductor

What does n-type semiconductor mean?

n-type semiconductor means "a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons".

Is n-type semiconductor a common word?

n-type semiconductor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.