Definitions

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  • noun integrated circuit; microprocessor.
  • verb transitive To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

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  • noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

Etymologies

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micro- +‎ chip

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Examples

  • I recognize that the microchip is an act of love, a response to a changed society, a harsh reality we have to live with.

    Lassie: Latest news 2005

  • I recognize that the microchip is an act of love, a response to a changed society, a harsh reality we have to live with.

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  • Or maybe Jack can pry a microchip from the still-warm corpse.

    The Clock is Ticking for Jack Bauer 2010

  • Or maybe Jack can pry a microchip from the still-warm corpse.

    The Clock is Ticking for Jack Bauer 2010

  • The microchip is a tiny chip that holds information about your pet.

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  • She was particularly influenced by the idea of what Intel Corp. chairman Andrew Grove calls "knowledge turns" — breakthroughs that have led to annual advances in microchip technology and an ongoing revolution in the performance of products like personal computers.

    A New Rx for Medicine Ron Winslow 2010

  • Computer screens looking like computer codes resulting from "software originally developed for finding flaws in microchip circuitry."

    De Facto Intelligent Design in Biology 2010

  • The microchip is placed in your animal as if it were receiving a shot.

    Hints From Heloise washingtonpost.com 2010

  • The microchip is scheduled to be retired next year, to be replaced with the trusty vacuum tube.

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  • Advances in microchip development are no longer confined to a single laboratory, much less a single country but are spread throughout the entire scientific community.

    Viewing Ourselves in a World Perspective? The Key to Succeeding in the 1990s 1991

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