semimetal
noun
semi·met·al
ˌse-mē-ˈme-tᵊl 
ˌse-ˌmī-,
-mi-
: an element (such as arsenic) possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable
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These imperfections are due to gravity driving changes in how the semimetals within the crystal settle and form.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The idea is to reduce the energy barrier between the semiconductor and the contact by using a semimetal as the contact material, explains Han Wang, manager for low-dimensional research at TSMC Corporate Research.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2021
But something that behaves like the Weyl fermion did show up in 2015, in a topological material made of exotic elements known as a Weyl semimetal.
—Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2019
Now physicists may finally observed this phenomenon, mixed axial-gravitational anomaly, in a class of exotic materials known as Weyl semimetals.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 19 July 2017
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The idea is to reduce the energy barrier between the semiconductor and the contact by using a semimetal as the contact material, explains Han Wang, manager for low-dimensional research at TSMC Corporate Research.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2021
But something that behaves like the Weyl fermion did show up in 2015, in a topological material made of exotic elements known as a Weyl semimetal.
—Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2019
Now physicists may finally observed this phenomenon, mixed axial-gravitational anomaly, in a class of exotic materials known as Weyl semimetals.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 19 July 2017
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“Semimetal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semimetal. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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