semiconductor

Other forms of semiconductor

plural

semiconductors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about semiconductor

What does semiconductor mean?

semiconductor means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in semiconductor?

semiconductor has 5 syllables: sem-i-con-duc-tor. The stress falls on "duc". In IPA it is /ˌsɛmikənˈdʌktɚ/.

What is another word for semiconductor?

Close synonyms include semiconducting material, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is semiconductor a common word?

semiconductor is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with semiconductor?

3 words rhyme with semiconductor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.