- het|er|o|struc|ture
- het|er|o|struc|ture «HEHT uhr uh STRUHK chuhr», noun.a semiconducting device made up of several different types of semiconductors, used in lasers; heterojunction: »
Minute sandwich-like “hetero-structures” composed of two or more different semiconducting materials show great promise as cheap, efficient carrier-wave generators for use in mass communications (Scientific American).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.