Meanings
- not comparableThat has the characteristics of a semiconductor
Recently a stable monolayer of antimony in buckled honeycomb structure called antimonene was successfully grown on 3D topological insulator Bi#95;2Te#95;3 and Sb#95;2Te#95;3, which displays semiconducting properties.
2016, Yuanfeng Xu, Bo Peng, Hao Zhang, Hezhu Shao, Rongjun Zhang, Hongliang Lu, David Wei Zhang, Heyuan Zhu, “First-principle calculations of phononic, electronic and optical properties of monolayer arsenene and antimonene allotropes”, in arXiv
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- Englishconducting
- Englishsemiconducting
From semi- + conducting.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch halfgeleidend
- halfgeleidendhaving the characteristics of a semiconductor
Italian semiconduttore
- semiconduttorehaving the characteristics of a semiconductor
Polish półprzewodnikowy
- półprzewodnikowyhaving the characteristics of a semiconductor
Cite this entry
semiconducting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiconducting
“semiconducting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiconducting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semiconducting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiconducting.
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