p-type semiconductor

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

   Broadersemiconductor device

Questions about p-type semiconductor

What does p-type semiconductor mean?

p-type semiconductor means "a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes".

Is p-type semiconductor a common word?

p-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.