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ovonics

ovonics noun: a form of electronics that uses materials able to change from an electrically non-conducting state to a semiconducting state shown by glass of special composition upon application of a certain minimum voltage.

Noun

ovonics (uncountable)

  1. A form of electronics that uses materials able to change from an electrically non-conducting state to a semiconducting state shown by glass of special composition upon application of a certain minimum voltage.

Origin of ovonics

Blend of Ovshinsky + electronics, coined by its pioneer, Stanford R. Ovshinsky.

Questions about ovonics

What does ovonics mean?
Ovonics means a form of electronics that uses materials able to change from an electrically non-conducting state to a semiconducting state shown by glass of special composition upon application of a certain minimum voltage.
What part of speech is ovonics?
Ovonics is a noun.

Words near ovonics in the dictionary

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  3. ovomucoid
  4. ovomucoids
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  9. ovopathy
  10. ovoperoxidase
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