noun
Meaning 1
An integrated circuit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
microchip
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
An integrated circuit.
A microprocessor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- By the early 2020s, the strategic priority level of microchip fabrication prowess and capacity had only grown.
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verb
Meaning 3
To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To cause microscopic chips (abrasions) in a material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 5
electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor
Narrower terms: biochip, gene chip, DNA chip, memory chip, microprocessor
History
Etymology
From micro- + chip.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: միկրոչիպ (mikročʻip) — integrated circuit
- Basque: mikrotxip — integrated circuit
- Catalan: microxip — integrated circuit
- Chinese Mandarin: 微芯片 (wēixīnpiàn) — integrated circuit
- Chinese Mandarin: 微片 (wēipiàn) — integrated circuit
- Finnish: mikrosiru — integrated circuit
- French: micropuce — integrated circuit
- Georgian: მიკროჩიპი (miḳročiṗi) — integrated circuit
- German: Mikrochip — integrated circuit
- Greek: μικροψηφίδα (mikropsifída) — integrated circuit
- Italian: microprocessore — integrated circuit
- Italian: circuito integrato — integrated circuit
- Italian: microchip — integrated circuit
- Japanese: マイクロチップ (maikurochippu) — integrated circuit
- Korean: 마이크로칩 (maikeurochip) — integrated circuit
- Norman: microprocesseur — integrated circuit
- Portuguese: microchipe — integrated circuit
- Romanian: microcip — integrated circuit
- Romanian: microprocesor — integrated circuit
- Russian: микросхе́ма (mikrosxéma) — integrated circuit
- Russian: микрочи́п (mikročíp) — integrated circuit
- Spanish: microchip — integrated circuit
- Turkish: mikroçip — integrated circuit
- Ukrainian: мікросхе́ма (mikrosxéma) — integrated circuit
- Vietnamese: mạch vi xử lý — integrated circuit
- Vietnamese: vi mạch — integrated circuit