禁制帯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
禁	制	帯
きん Grade: 5	せい Grade: 5	たい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
禁制帶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

禁制 (“forbidding”) +‎ 帯 (“band”)

Noun

禁(きん)制(せい)帯(たい) • (kinseitai) 

1. (physics) valence band; a highest range of electron energies in an insulator or semiconductor that can be populated; it corresponds to the valence electrons of the constituent atoms