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microelectronics

Definitions

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

  • noun The branch of electronics that deals with miniature components.

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  • noun The study, science, subject, or manufacture of microelectronic devices.
  • noun Microelectronic devices as a non-specific mass.
  • noun Plural form of microelectronic.

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  • noun the branch of electronics that deals with miniature components

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Examples

  • The miniaturization that is constantly underway in microelectronics has been pushed so far in this case that these transistors are being built atom by atom, with incredible precision, and in such a way that electrons are trapped between two layers of atoms and are unable to move sideways.

    The Nobel Prize in Physics 1998 - Presentation Speech 1998

  • Sarant was put to work with Barr, and together, Usdin says, the men "played a catalytic role in creating Soviet microelectronics."

    Allen M. Hornblum: Five Best Allen M. Hornblum 2011

  • It now boasts the headquarters of Microsoft Business Systems and firms such as PacketDigital, which makes microelectronics for portable electronic devices and systems.

    Why North Dakota Is Booming Joel Kotkin 2011

  • The conducting polymers have already given rise to a number of applications such as photodiodes and light-emitting diodes and have future potential to generate microelectronics based upon plastic materials.

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010

  • Mr. Zandman led Vishay's $500 million 1998 acquisition of Temic Telefunken microelectronics GmbH, a producer of semiconductors and a leading German manufacturer during World War II.

    Polish Holocaust Survivor Founded Electronics Firm Stephen Miller 2011

  • Based on research on the microelectronics and biotech industries, I have argued that entrepreneurial ventures such as those found in Silicon Valley and many other U.S. high-tech districts could not exist without the U.S. developmental state.

    William Lazonick: Nine Government Investments That Made Us an Industrial Economic Leader William Lazonick 2011

  • Consider what followed: the creation of the electric power grid, television and telecommunications, the revolutions in microelectronics and computation, and much more.

    Why Fukushima Won't Kill Nuclear Power Richard K. Lester 2011

  • Mr. Zandman led Vishay's $500 million 1998 acquisition of Temic Telefunken microelectronics GmbH, a producer of semiconductors and a leading German manufacturer during World War II.

    Polish Holocaust Survivor Founded Electronics Firm Stephen Miller 2011

  • Technology we today take for granted, such as mobile wireless, the Internet, microelectronics, digital computing and specialty materials were all developed under federal auspices during the Space Race and ICBM era.

    Safe Ways To Play The Defense Sector 2010

  • Automobiles, other transport and industrial equipment of all denominations are now test beds for microelectronics, with comparable forthcoming results as from the office automation wave begun four decades ago that ushered in untold productivity throughout the workforce.

    Damn The Defense Cuts, Full Speed Ahead 2010

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