Meanings
noundopant (plural dopants)
plural dopants
- materials scienceA substance added in small amounts to a pure material, such as semiconductor, to alter its original electrical or optical properties; a doping agent.
It should be noted that even though both types of disorder can be annealed at temperatures well below those where diffusion of the dopant species occurs, there are still defects present.
1970, James W[alter] Mayer, Lennart Eriksson, John A[rthur] Davies, “General Features of Ion Implantation”, in Ion Implantation in Semiconductors: Silicon and Germanium, New York, N.Y.: Academic Press, →OCLC, page 5
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Bulgarian допа́нт
- допа́нт (dopánt)doping agent
Chinese Mandarin 摻雜劑 /掺杂剂
- 摻雜劑 /掺杂剂 (chānzáIjì)doping agent
Finnish seostusaine
- seostusainedoping agent
German Dotierstoff, Dotiermittel
- Dotierstoffdoping agent
- Dotiermitteldoping agent
Japanese ドーパント
- ドーパント (dōpanto)doping agent
Korean 도펀트
- 도펀트 (dopeonteu)doping agent
Latin dopāns
- dopānsdoping agent
Polish domieszka
- domieszkadoping agent
Portuguese dopante
- dopantedoping agent
Russian допа́нт
- допа́нт (dopánt)doping agent
Ukrainian допа́нт
- допа́нт (dopánt)doping agent
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APA
dopant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dopant
MLA
“dopant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dopant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dopant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dopant.
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