MICROCIRCUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microcircuit mean? 

• MICROCIRCUIT (noun)
  The noun MICROCIRCUIT has 1 sense:

1. a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component

  Familiarity information: MICROCIRCUIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROCIRCUIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

integrated circuit; microcircuit

Hypernyms ("microcircuit" is a kind of...):

computer circuit (a circuit that is part of a computer)

Holonyms ("microcircuit" is a part of...):

chip; micro chip; microchip; microprocessor chip; silicon chip (electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit)