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PRONUNCIATION OF SEMIMETAL

semimetal  [ˌsemɪˈmetəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEMIMETAL

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Semimetal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEMIMETAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Semimetal

A semimetal is a material with a very small overlap between the bottom of the conduction band and the top of the valence band. According to electronic band theory, solids can be classified as insulators, semiconductors, semimetals, or metals. In insulators and semiconductors the filled valence band is separated from an empty conduction band by a band gap. For insulators, the magnitude of the band gap is larger than that of a semiconductor. Metals have a partially filled conduction band. A semimetal is a material with a very small overlap between the bottom of the conduction band and the top of the valence band. A semimetal thus has no band gap and a negligible density of states at the Fermi level. A metal, by contrast, has an appreciable density of states at the Fermi level because the conduction band is partially filled.

Definition of semimetal in the English dictionary

The definition of semimetal in the dictionary is an element with properties both of a metal and of a non-metal; a metalloid. Other definition of semimetal is a metal that is not malleable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEMIMETAL


battle
ˈbætəl
bimetal
ˈbaɪˌmetəl
bottle
ˈbɒtəl
capital
ˈkæpɪtəl
crystal
ˈkrɪstəl
dental
ˈdɛntəl
digital
ˈdɪdʒɪtəl
environmental
ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmentəl
experimental
ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl
fundamental
ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəl
horizontal
ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntəl
hospital
ˈhɒspɪtəl
hostel
ˈhɒstəl
incremental
ˌɪnkrɪˈmɛntəl
little
ˈlɪtəl
mental
ˈmɛntəl
metal
ˈmɛtəl
oriental
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəl
pettle
ˈpetəl
shtetl
ˈʃtetəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEMIMETAL

semilunar
semilunar valve
semilunate
semilune
semilustrous
semimanufacture
semimat
semimatt
semimatte
semimenstrual
semimetallic
semimicro
semimild
semimoist
semimonastic
semimute
semimystical
seminal
seminality
seminally

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEMIMETAL

alkali metal
alkaline earth metal
base metal
death metal
expanded metal
fetal
filler metal
gunmetal
heavy metal
heavy-metal
hot metal
nu-metal
precious metal
prometal
road metal
scrap metal
sheet metal
thrash metal
transition metal
type metal
white metal

Synonyms and antonyms of semimetal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «semimetal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEMIMETAL

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Translator English - Chinese

半金属
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

semimetal
570 millions of speakers

English

semimetal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

semimetal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

semimetal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полуметаллом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

semimetal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

semimetal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métalloïde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Semimetal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Halbmetall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

半金属
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반 금속
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Semimetal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

semimetal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

semimetal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेमीिमेटल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

semimetal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

semimetallo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

semimetal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

напівметал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semimetal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ημιμετάλλου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

semimetal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halvmetall
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

semimetal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of semimetal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMIMETAL»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMIMETAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about semimetal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEMIMETAL»

Discover the use of semimetal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to semimetal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Growth and Use of Epitaxially Grown Erbium Arsenide ...
A. C. Young, J. D. Zimmerman, E. R. Brown, and A. C. Gossard, “Semimetal- semiconductor rectifiers for sensitive room-temperature microwave detectors,” Applied Physics Letters 87, p 163506-163503 (2005). 15. J. D. Zimmerman, E. R. Brown ...
Jeramy D. Zimmerman, 2007
2
Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of III-V Semimetal/III-V ...
Abstract Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of III-V Semimetal/III-V Semiconductor Nanocomposites for Energy Conversion Applications by Joshua Michael Olney Zide Composites can have properties which are different from their constituents.
Joshua Michael Olney Zide, 2007
3
Semiconductor Physics: An Introduction
1. Elementary. Properties. of. Semiconductors. 1.1. Insulator. -. Semiconductor. -. Semimetal. -. Metal. A consequence of the discovery of electricity was the observation that metals are good conductors while nonmetals are poor conductors.
Karlheinz Seeger, 2004
4
Nanoengineering of Structural, Functional and Smart Materials
Using these very thin bismuth nanowires allowed exploration for carrier localization effects at low temperature.75 The semimetal-semiconductor transition in nanowires can also be probed by examination of the effect of doping. In the case of ...
Mark J. Schulz, Ajit D. Kelkar, Mannur J. Sundaresan, 2005
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Electron Transport Phenomena in Semiconductors
Bakhram Makhrali ogly Askerov. It is seen that in order to find the carrier concentration for a semimetal with an isotropic band at a given magnetic field intensity H it suffices to know only the parameter of the semimetal H0, given by ( 21.70).
Bakhram Makhrali ogly Askerov, 1994
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Semimetal
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Aeron Charline, 2011
7
Introduction to Materials Science
At higher temperatures, the situation is however less clear-cut. In order of decreasing electric conductivity, two intermediate categories can be identified namely semimetals and semiconductors. In a semimetal (Bi, graphite, Sb, As), the valence ...
Jean-Pierre Mercier, Gérald Zambelli, Wilfried Kurz, 2002
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Thermal Conductivity: Theory, Properties, and Applications
Semimetal Thin Films Semimetal thin films, such as Bi- and Sb-based thin films, have potential application as thermoelectrics, which requires low thermal conductivity. Abrosimov et a/.6'68 and Volklein and Kesseler69 measured the in- plane ...
Terry M. Tritt, 2004
9
Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology
This dramatic change in the behavior of R(T) as a function of d W is attributed to a unique semimetal–semiconductor transition phenomena in Bi [4.78], induced by quantum size effects. Bi is a semimetal in bulk form, in which the T-point ...
Bharat Bhushan, 2007
10
Surface Structure and Composition Determination by ...
Chapter 5 The 3 low-index surfaces of the semimetal bismuth Bismuth is a group V semimetal. The total density of electrons (and the total density of holes) in Bi is about 3xl017 cm-3 - down from typical metallic densities by about a factor of 105  ...
Jiebing Sun, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEMIMETAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term semimetal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Viewpoint: Electrons Travel Between Loosely Bound Layers
According to textbooks [3], this is the field dependence that would be observed in a “compensated semimetal”—a metal with an equal number of mobile ... «Physics, Jul 15»
2
El descubrimiento que abre una nueva era de la electrónica
El problema es que no se ha encontrado ningún semimetal de Weyl natural y sintetizar uno es extremadamente difícil ya que conseguir la estructura adecuada ... «Vozpopuli, Jul 15»
3
Bangladeshi ends 85-year wait for massless particle
“A Weyl semimetal is a crystal which hosts Weyl fermions as emergent quasiparticles and admits a topological classification that protects Fermi arc surface states ... «Prothom Alo, Jul 15»
4
Elusive particle shows up in 'semimetal'
A kind of particle first predicted to exist before the discovery of Pluto has been spotted on Earth within a compound of tantalum and arsenic. The newly ... «Science News, Jul 15»
5
New 'knobs' can dial in control of materials
... discovered that the strong spin-orbit interactions caused strontium iridate to teeter on the brink of being either a metal or a semiconductor – a “semimetal.”. «Nanowerk, Feb 15»
6
Galfer Moto mejora sus pastillas de freno G1054 Semimetal
El compuesto de pastillas de freno más popular de GALFER, el G1054 de color negro, mejora sus prestaciones de frenada gracias a la actualización del ... «Canariasenmoto, Feb 15»
7
Theoretical exotic state of matter in which electrons barely interact …
... is a Weyl semimetal, which has topologically stable two-dimensional surfaces ... quantum phase transition between the Weyl semimetal and an insulator near ... «Phys.Org, Oct 14»
8
Graphene gains thermal vision
As graphene is a semimetal, it is capable of absorbing light across a wide spectrum – from ultraviolet to far infrared. This is unlike conventional photodetectors, ... «nanotechweb.org, Mar 14»
9
New materials mimic electronic properties of graphene in 3D
Graphene is a semimetal (zero-gap semiconductor), meaning that there are very few charge carriers compared to a normal metal. While semimetals generally ... «Gizmag, Jan 14»
10
Physicists discover 3D versions of graphene
Dubbed a Dirac semimetal, its electrons travel effectively as massless particles, which allows them to reach much higher speeds than ordinary electrons – as ... «physicsworld.com, Jan 14»

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