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４元材料 (よんげんざいりょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

４よん元げん材ざい料りょう

Meanings

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noun

quaternary material

Technical term in materials science and semiconductor engineering for a material composed of four elements.

この４元げん材ざい料りょうは、次じ世せ代だいの半はん導どう体たいデバイスに使つかわれる。
This quaternary material is used in next-generation semiconductor devices.

Written forms

４よん元げん材ざい料りょう
Standard technical spelling using the numeral ４.
四よん元げん材ざい料りょう
Kanji numeral variant; less common in technical contexts but still used.

Kanji

元beginning, former time, origin
材lumber, log, timber
料

fee, materials

Similar words

三さん元げん材ざい料りょう
Ternary material (three elements), while ４元材料 refers to a quaternary material (four elements).
二に元げん材ざい料りょう
Binary material (two elements), a simpler compound compared to the four-element ４元材料.

Etymology

Compound of ４ (four) + 元 (element) + 材料 (material). A straightforward technical term.