microchip
US/ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌt͡ʃɪp/
microchip noun: an integrated circuit.
Noun
microchip (plural microchips)
- An integrated circuit.
- A microprocessor.
- By the early 2020s, the strategic priority level of microchip fabrication prowess and capacity had only grown.
- The base of the antenna contains a few microchips, whose purpose Hiro cannot divine by looking at them.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 360
- A microprocessor.
Verb
microchip (third-person singular simple present microchips, present participle microchipping, simple past and past participle microchipped)
- To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
- Still, doing something to protect your cat is better than doing nothing, so you should have your cat microchipped in the groin area with a registered ID.1997, Paulette Cooper, Paul Noble, Jack Fleming, 277 Secrets Your Cat Wants You to Know
- In Britain, where the British BeeKeepers Association (BBKA) has been urging members to microchip their hives for some time, the continuing mystery and the belief that the crimes are inside jobs are taking their toll.2017 September 23, “From north Wales to Norfolk, distraught beekeepers ask: who’s stealing our hives?”, in The Observer
- To cause microscopic chips (abrasions) in a material.
- Material removal occurs when the abrasive particles, suspended in the slurry, are struck on the downstroke of the vibrating tool. The velocity imparted to the abrasive particles causes microchipping and erosion as the particles impinge on the workpiece.1992, ASM Materials Engineering Dictionary
microchip meaning in Kannada and Vietnamese
microchip in Kannada
- ಸೀರುಸಿಗುರು, ಸೀರುಚೆಕ್ಕೆ
microchip in Vietnamese
- integrated circuit
- mạch vi xử lý, vi mạch
Examples of microchip in a sentence
- In February, Skip Daly, a Democrat in the Nevada State Assembly, introduced a bill to make involuntary microchip implants illegal; he later amended it to include voluntary microchipping as well.2019 May 21, Zoltan Istvan, “A Chip in My Hand Unlocks My House. Why Does That Scare People?”, in The New York Times:
- White people be like: “My parter^([sic]) just microchipped me for pet play”2026 May 1, 0byes, X:
Synonyms of microchip
Forms of microchip
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | microchips |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | microchips |
| present participle | microchipping |
| past participle | microchipped |
| past | microchipped |
Origin of microchip
From micro- + chip.
Words formed from microchip
Questions about microchip
- What does microchip mean?
- Microchip means an integrated circuit.
- What is microchip in Kannada?
- Microchip in Kannada is ಸೀರುಸಿಗುರು, ಸೀರುಚೆಕ್ಕೆ. See Microchip meaning in Kannada.
- How do you use microchip in a sentence?
- In February, Skip Daly, a Democrat in the Nevada State Assembly, introduced a bill to make involuntary microchip implants illegal; he later amended it to include voluntary microchipping as well.
- What part of speech is microchip?
- Microchip can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce microchip?
- Microchip is pronounced /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌt͡ʃɪp/ (US).
- What is the plural of microchip?
- The plural of microchip is microchips.
Words near microchip in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: microchip (page history and authors); microchip (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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