n-type

adjective

(Of a semiconductor) in which conduction is due to the movement of electrons rather than positive holes.

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Meanings

adjectiven-type (not comparable)
  1. not comparablenatural sciences(Of a semiconductor) in which conduction is due to the movement of electrons rather than positive holes.
nounn-type (plural n-types)

plural n-types

  1. mathematicsA set of formulas that have n free variables of a certain sort
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