"heterostructure" meaning in English

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          "word": "semiconductor heterostructure"
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          "ref": "2013, Winfried Mönch, Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Interfaces, page 109",
          "text": "The electronic properties of contacts between two semiconductors or, as they are commonly called, semiconductor heterostructures are determined by the lineup of their band structures across the interface and the existence of space-charge layers.",
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        "(physics) Any structure made from a heterojunction."
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          "word": "heterorakenne"
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          "word": "eterostruttura"
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          "word": "гетероқұрылым"
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  "word": "heterostructure"
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