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microchip

English

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From micro- +‎ chip.

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microchip (plural microchips)

  1. An integrated circuit.
    1. A microprocessor.
      By the early 2020s, the strategic priority level of microchip fabrication prowess and capacity had only grown.
      • 2017, Robert Hassan, The Age of Distraction:
        And so the microchip, say, reflects a certain electronically driven speed of society, just as the invention of a flint axe, reflected a society that was rhythmed fully by biological and environmental temporalities.
      • 2024 February 20, Sarah Wells, “Self-cooling microchip provides a tiny solution to a giant problem”, in Inverse‎[1]:
        Previous attempts at designing self-cooling microchips have largely relied on a two-pronged approach, involving designing the cooling elements separately from the electronic elements, and then combining after the initial fabrication process.

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microchip (third-person singular simple present microchips, present participle microchipping, simple past and past participle microchipped)

  1. (transitive) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
    • 1997, Paulette Cooper, Paul Noble, Jack Fleming, 277 Secrets Your Cat Wants You to Know:
      Still, doing something to protect your cat is better than doing nothing, so you should have your cat microchipped in the groin area with a registered ID.
    • 2017 September 23, “From north Wales to Norfolk, distraught beekeepers ask: who’s stealing our hives?”, in The Observer‎[2]:
      In Britain, where the British BeeKeepers Association (BBKA) has been urging members to microchip their hives for some time, the continuing mystery and the belief that the crimes are inside jobs are taking their toll.
    • 2019 May 21, Zoltan Istvan, “A Chip in My Hand Unlocks My House. Why Does That Scare People?”, in The New York Times‎[3]:
      In February, Skip Daly, a Democrat in the Nevada State Assembly, introduced a bill to make involuntary microchip implants illegal; he later amended it to include voluntary microchipping as well.

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Italian

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Borrowed from English microchip, from micro- +‎ chip.

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microchip m (invariable)

  1. microchip

Portuguese

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Unadapted borrowing from English microchip.

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microchip m (plural microchips) (proscribed, unadapted spelling)

  1. Alternative form of microchipe

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English microchip.

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  • IPA(key): /mikɾoˈt͡ʃip/ [mi.kɾoˈt͡ʃip]
  • Rhymes: -ip
  • Syllabification: mi‧cro‧chip

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microchip m (plural microchips)

  1. (electronics) microchip (small plate with a set of electronic circuits)

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