semimetal.

1. A material whose conduction and valence electronic bands touch or overlap slightly.

2. An element classified as having properties intermediate between typical metals and nonmetals.

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Words that belong together

• semimetal behavior
• a semimetal sample

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The measurements suggested semimetal behavior in the sample.

She distinguished the semimetal from the conventional semiconductor used in the board.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular semimetal; plural semimetals. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.