Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A technology that combines tiny electronic and mechanical parts to create systems with moving parts on a scale ranging from microns to a millimeter, typically using silicon or silicon-based fabrication methods.
  • noun Devices, machines, or systems fabricated using this technology.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[m(icro)e(lectro)m(echanical) s(ystems).]

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Examples

  • The joint venture aims to ensure that Mexican firms earn a share of the likely future bonanza in MEMS business.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report May 2003 2006

  • The joint venture aims to ensure that Mexican firms earn a share of the likely future bonanza in MEMS business.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report May 2003 2006

  • MEMS is an engineering and technical services company serving customers in the oil, gas and utility industries.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » More Evidence of the Ethanol Folly 2005

  • Qualcomm developed a chip technology known as a micro-electro-mechanical system, or MEMS, that is used to make its low-power mirasol displays, and today said it has opened its first production factory in partnership with Foxlink, a Taiwanese communications device maker, to make the color displays.

    After CDMA, Qualcomm Looks for New Money Machines 2009

  • The patented technologies generally relate to microelectromechanical systems known as MEMS and can be found in devices such as pressure sensors used in automotive, medical and industrial applications.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • In the future discussion in this product group, I would say a few words on MEMS, which is a very promising product family.

    pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2009

  • The Alt-SCA is aimed at research and industrial users for development and/or high-throughput manufacture of surface or 3D micro-nano structures for applications such as MEMS sensors, optical micro-elements fabrication, microchip repairs and waveguide production.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

  • The Alt-SCA is aimed at research and industrial users for development and/or high-throughput manufacture of surface or 3D micro-nano structures for applications such as MEMS sensors, optical micro-elements fabrication, microchip repairs and waveguide production.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

  • The Alt-SCA is aimed at research and industrial users for development and/or high-throughput manufacture of surface or 3D micro-nano structures for applications such as MEMS sensors, optical micro-elements fabrication, microchip repairs and waveguide production.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

  • The Alt-SCA is aimed at research and industrial users for development and/or high-throughput manufacture of surface or 3D micro-nano structures for applications such as MEMS sensors, optical micro-elements fabrication, microchip repairs and waveguide production.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

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