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_____ are substances that are capable of enabling as well as inhibiting the flow of electricity.

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Semiconductors

Step-by-step explanation:

Semiconductors are materials whose main characteristic is that they can act as conductors or as insulators depending on some conditions such as temperature or the electric field.

There are also chemical elements that have semiconductor capacity, for example silicon.

For this property, semiconductors are widely used for in electronics, among these applications is the manufacture of devices such as transistors, which are electronic divices that allow or disable current flow.

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