circuit board
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈsɜrkɪt bɔrd/
- Specialized
:
placa de circuito impreso
- The engineer explained how the circuit board connects all the components in the device.
- printed circuit board
- circuit board design
- circuit board-mounted components
Another thing you can get is circuit boards from PCB Way.
- Another thing you can get is circuit boards from PCB Way.
- But also it turns out that electrical device components on a circuit board, you can't really manipulate them too much.
- Got a job in Lexington at Lexmark testing printer boards, circuit boards.
- We went up there, we swapped out the, the, the circuit boards, the, the solar panels.
Examples
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Students construct it using a circuit board and chips that we order by the hundreds.
Academic text (2005) -
Inside all desktop CS we find a main circuit board or motherboard to which all other hardware is connected.
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At age four, he built his first circuit board.
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Have you ever designed a circuit board?
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We're actually building some circuit boards for you guys.
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I see a mass of wires coming out of a circuit board.
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We're here to replace some printed circuit boards.
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A phone distribution box is open, revealing a mass of circuit boards.
Fiction book (1998) -
The electrical engineer determines how many circuit boards will be necessary.
Academic text (2003) -
Eventually, Auel became one of the company's few women circuit board designers.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
167
5.4
A flat panel inside electronic devices that holds small parts
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3.8
A flat board with metal paths that connect electronic parts
A board with electronic parts that you insert into a computer to add functions like graphics or wireless
A small circuit board you plug into a computer to add features
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound denotes a 'board' that contains or supports 'circuits', so its meaning is directly derivable from combining 'circuit' (route for electric current) with 'board' (a flat panel). This straightforward noun–noun composition follows common compounding patterns and has close equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily understand it.
Etymology
Circuit board comes from the simple image of a flat board where electronic parts sit and are joined by paths called circuits, so electricity can move between them. That's why it now means 'the flat piece inside a device that holds and connects its electronic parts'.