Substances having moderate resistivity are called _ and used for making _.

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The substances having moderate resistivity provides considerable resistance to the movement of electric current in the particular circuit.
Some of the substances are germanium (semiconductor), an alloy of nichrome, a typical resistor, and many others.
The resistivity of substances will vary with the change in temperature.
Some of the applications of semiconductors are transistors, solar cells, rectifiers, and others.

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