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subfab

subfab noun: the area underneath a semiconductor fabrication plant.

Noun

subfab (plural subfabs)

  1. The area underneath a semiconductor fabrication plant
    • Line A involved a 121,000 ft 2 area, with downdraft laminar flow and flow-through ventilation from fab to subfab areas; the facility uses an open bay and chase design, such that SEGs may overlap within process bays or maintenance chases.2015 September 6, Rachael M. Jones et al., “Exposure Reconstruction and Risk Analysis for Six Semiconductor Workers With Lymphohematopoietic Cancers”, in Journal of Occupational and Environmental...

Forms of subfab

pluralsubfabs

Origin of subfab

From sub- + fab.

Questions about subfab

What does subfab mean?
Subfab means the area underneath a semiconductor fabrication plant.
What part of speech is subfab?
Subfab is a noun.
What is the plural of subfab?
The plural of subfab is subfabs.

Words near subfab in the dictionary

  1. subexpression
  2. subexpressions
  3. subextensive
  4. subextremal
  5. subf.
  6. subfab
  7. subfabs
  8. subface
  9. subfaces
  10. subfacet
  11. subfacets

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