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dope +‎ -ant

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dopant (plural dopants)

  1. (materials science) A substance added in small amounts to a pure material, such as semiconductor, to alter its original electrical or optical properties; a doping agent
    • 1970, James W[alter] Mayer, Lennart Eriksson, John A[rthur] Davies, “General Features of Ion Implantation”, in Ion Implantation in Semiconductors: Silicon and Germanium, New York, N.Y.: Academic Press, →OCLC, page 5:
      It should be noted that even though both types of disorder can be annealed at temperatures well below those where diffusion of the dopant species occurs, there are still defects present.

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dopant

  1. gerund of dopar

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dopant

  1. present participle of doper

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dopant (feminine dopante, masculine plural dopants, feminine plural dopantes)

  1. boosting