English Explanatory Dictionary

half-metal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any substance that acts as a conductor to electrons of one spin orientation, but as an insulator to those of the opposite orientation

Word forms

half-metal half-metals

Related words

half-metallic semiconductor spintronics
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