gallium arsenide

noun

A binary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs, used as a semiconductor, especially in light-emitting diodes.

Meanings

noungallium arsenide (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA binary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs, used as a semiconductor, especially in light-emitting diodes.

Translations

Finnish galliumarsenidi
  • galliumarsenidibinary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs
French arséniure de gallium
  • arséniure de galliumbinary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs
German Galliumarsenid
  • Galliumarsenidbinary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs
Hindi द्रवातु नैपालिक
  • द्रवातु नैपालिक (dravātu naipālik)binary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs
Italian arseniuro di gallio
  • arseniuro di galliobinary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs
Japanese ガリウムヒ素, ガリウム砒素
  • ガリウムヒ素 (gariumu hiso)binary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs
  • ガリウム砒素 (gariumu hiso)binary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs
  • 砒化ガリウム (hika gariumu)binary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs
  • ヒ化ガリウム (hika gariumu)binary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs
Polish arsenek galu
  • arsenek galubinary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs
Spanish arseniuro de galio
  • arseniuro de galiobinary compound of gallium and arsenic, GaAs
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APA

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