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A material that can both conduct and insulate, depending on the electric fields put across it. It has to do with electrons and holes. I only got an answer to this in a third year electrical engineering course...

For a good example, check out how a diode works. It conducts when voltage is applied one way and insulates when it's applied another way.

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Substances that can conduct electricity.

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