Meanings
plural microcircuits
- businessAn electronic device, usually fabricated by photolithography, that is very small and implements several components or their equivalent; an integrated circuit.
The color LED (D8) has a microcircuit that changes the light colors.
2017 October 28, “Snap Circuits Light”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, page 481 more example
The anti-gay religious, which had threatened an initiative, with microcircuit swiftness gathered 50,000 and 27,000 signatures, respectively, and suspended the County and San Jose ordinances before they could go into effect.
1974 February 2, Edward Sebesta, “Launching the Gay '80s: Gay Rights Under Siege In Santa Clara County”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 5
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Englishcircuit
- Englishmicrocircuit
Translations
French microcircuit
- microcircuitTranslations
Cite this entry
microcircuit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcircuit
“microcircuit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcircuit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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