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p-type

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

Adjective

p-type (not comparable)

  1. (Of a semiconductor) in which conduction is due to the movement of positive holes rather than electrons.
    • If we lower the potential of the p-type region then we steepen the step and make it even harder for the electrons and holes to flow across the junction.2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 168

Questions about p-type

What does p-type mean?
P-type means (Of a semiconductor) in which conduction is due to the movement of positive holes rather than electrons.
What part of speech is p-type?
P-type is an adjective.

Words near p-type in the dictionary

  1. P-shaped
  2. P-side
  3. P-site
  4. P-spot
  5. P-town
  6. p-type
  7. P-U
  8. p-value
  9. p-values
  10. P-wave
  11. P-waves

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