microchip
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈmaɪkroʊˌtʃɪp/
- Specialized
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microchip
- At the heart of a microchip is the microswitch: the transistor.
- design microchips
Traditionally, cooling microchips works by blowing air over them.
- Traditionally, cooling microchips works by blowing air over them.
- It's not because helium keeps microchips floating.
- Luckily, his main manufacturer in Korea was smart enough to stockpile microchips.
- So if there's an analog in machines and the machines are built with those sorts of microchips, it may be that they're conscious machines.
- This morning there was a great piece on how Toyota is managing the microchip shortage better than most of their competitors.
Examples
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This morning there was a great piece on how Toyota is managing the microchip shortage better than most of their competitors.
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They have volunteered to be the first ever to have microchip identification devices implanted into their body.
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Could we track the microchip?
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Wade got his hands on a microchip.
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You might welcome competition if you make microchips because you want the overall industry to advance.
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The discoveries are those associated with the advent and use of the microchip that makes personal computers possible.
Academic text (1994) -
In the 1980s, advances in microchip technology allowed the development of the pulse oximeter.
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Traditionally, cooling microchips works by blowing air over them.
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Ford, for example, closed factories in Louisville, KY, and Chennai, India, citing microchip shortages in each instance.
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The veterinarian scanned the dog's collar for a microchip to verify its owner.
Synonyms
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4.1
A small piece inside electronic devices that makes them work
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4.2
A small electronic chip with many connected parts that works like a complete electronic system
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3.7
A small, flat piece of material with tiny electronic parts that makes computers and phones work
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7.3
A very small electronic part on a chip that performs a complete task
How Complex
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Morphology
Etymology
Microchip comes from micro- meaning 'small', as in microphone, and chip meaning a 'small piece' or tiny electronic part. So a microchip is literally a 'small electronic piece' that stores information and helps make computers and phones work.