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n-type

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

Adjective

n-type (not comparable)

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

Noun

n-type (plural n-types)

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

Forms of n-type

pluraln-types

Questions about n-type

What does n-type mean?
N-type means (Of a semiconductor) in which conduction is due to the movement of electrons rather than positive holes.
What part of speech is n-type?
N-type can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near n-type in the dictionary

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  2. N-tower
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  4. n-tuple
  5. n-tuples
  6. n-type
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  8. N-up
  9. N-V
  10. n-word
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