MICROELECTRONICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microelectronics mean? 

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

1. the branch of electronics that deals with miniature components

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROELECTRONICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of electronics that deals with miniature components

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)

Derivation:

microelectronic (of or relating to or consisting of miniature electronic components)

 Context examples 

These discoveries will provide a new paradigm for using reconfigurable and programmable metasurfaces in many fields, from space exploration and robotics to medicine and microelectronics.

(Saddle-shaped origami enables new microelectronic applications, National Science Foundation)

In a manner similar to that for microelectronics, microfluidic technologies enable the fabrication of highly integrated devices for performing several different functions on the same substrate chip.

(Microfluidics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Over the last two decades, nanotechnology has improved many everyday products, from microelectronics to sunscreens.

(Nanoparticles may have bigger impact on the environment than previously thought, National Science Foundation)