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metal oxide semiconductor

or metal-oxide semiconductor

noun

, Electronics.
  1. a three-layer sandwich of a metal, an insulator (usually an oxide of the substrate), and a semiconductor substrate, used in integrated circuits. : MOS


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After some indecision around what technology to focus on, the three men settled on a new version of MOS — metal oxide semiconductor — technology called silicon-gate MOS.

SpiroNose contains seven metal oxide semiconductor sensors that detect thousands of volatile organic compounds in exhaled air; the idea is that the mix changes when someone has a COVID-19 infection.

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