intrinsic semiconductor

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an almost pure semiconductor to which no impurities have been added and in which the electron and hole densities are equal at thermal equilibriumAlso called: i-type semiconductor

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Words nearby intrinsic semiconductor

intriguing, intrinsic, intrinsically, intrinsic factor, intrinsic reflex, intrinsic semiconductor, intrinsic sphincter, intro, introduce, introducer, introduction

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It continues to be the official position that “being open to life” is “an intrinsic requirement of married love.”
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However, they have to have intrinsic and distinctive qualities.
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As a jazz lover, I want people to embrace the music for its intrinsic qualities, not its symbolic resonance.
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Through this, an active role is given to the spectator, who has inadvertently become an intrinsic part of the artwork.
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After the first novelty is over, no place can please, except either by its intrinsic beauty, or the happy effect of habit.
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Calais, has no such intrinsic charms, and I was not disposed to try the result of the latter.
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Nine hundred and ninety-nine out of a thousand judge by names and not by intrinsic worth.
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Friedrich Wilhelm, both by his intrinsic qualities and the success he met with, deserves it better than most.
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It is the intrinsic nature of belief that will concern us to-day.
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