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desmear

desmear verb: to remove debris from a printed circuit board after holes have been drilled in it.

Verb

desmear (third-person singular simple present desmears, present participle desmearing, simple past and past participle desmeared)

  1. To remove debris from a printed circuit board after holes have been drilled in it

Forms of desmear

third-person singular presentdesmears
present participledesmearing
past participledesmeared
pastdesmeared

Origin of desmear

From de- + smear.

Questions about desmear

What does desmear mean?
Desmear means to remove debris from a printed circuit board after holes have been drilled in it.
What part of speech is desmear?
Desmear is a verb.
What is the past tense of desmear?
The past tense of desmear is desmeared.

Words near desmear in the dictionary

  1. desmatophocids
  2. desmatosuchian
  3. desmatosuchians
  4. desmatosuchine
  5. desmatosuchines
  6. desmear
  7. desmearing
  8. desmethoxycurcumin
  9. desmethoxyyangonin
  10. desmethyl
  11. desmethyldiazepam

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