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silicon chip

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

• Syn: ↑chip, ↑microchip, ↑micro chip, ↑microprocessor chip

• Hypernyms: ↑semiconductor device, ↑semiconductor unit, ↑semiconductor

• Hyponyms: ↑biochip, ↑gene chip, ↑DNA chip, ↑memory chip, ↑microprocessor

• Part Holonyms: ↑computer, ↑computing machine, ↑computing device, ↑data processor, ↑electronic computer, ↑information processing system

• Part Meronyms: ↑integrated circuit, ↑microcircuit

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ˌsilicon ˈchip [silicon chip] noun

a very small piece of ↑silicon used to carry a complicated electronic ↑circuit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.