Mercury cadmium telluride/Definition

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Mercury cadmium telluride [r]: (MCT or HgCdTe) A semiconductor used for infrared light detection, which can be adjusted, in manufacturing, to cover different parts of the infrared band; operated as a thermoelectrically or liquid nitrogen cooled device