doping
Americannoun
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an act or instance of giving a drug to an athlete or horse, so as to affect performance in a race or other competition.
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Electronics. a method of adding a dopant to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties.
Etymology
Origin of doping
Example Sentences
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Traditional transistor manufacturing relies on a process called doping, which introduces impurities into silicon to control electrical behavior.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
The extremely thin silicon films still allow effective control by the transistor gate, while the high doping levels help reduce parasitic contact resistance.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
The blistering finishes in London could spur suspicion, since several marathon runners have been disqualified for doping offenses in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
If Lance Armstrong had been rewarded — rather than sanctioned — for doping, what would have happened to competitive cycling?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
When they had at last got it down from the doping ground, there was another hitch.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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