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through-hole technology

through-hole technology noun: mounting scheme used for electronic components that involves the use of leads on the components that are inserted into holes drilled in printed circuit boards and soldered to pads on the opposite side.

through-hole technology: mounting scheme used for electronic components that involves the use of leads on the components...
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Noun

through-hole technology (plural through-hole technologies)

  1. Mounting scheme used for electronic components that involves the use of leads on the components that are inserted into holes drilled in printed circuit boards and soldered to pads on the opposite side.
    • Coordinate term: surface-mount technology

Forms of through-hole technology

pluralthrough-hole technologies
alternative initialismTHT
alternative formthru-hole technology

Questions about through-hole technology

What does through-hole technology mean?
Through-hole technology means mounting scheme used for electronic components that involves the use of leads on the components that are inserted into holes drilled in printed circuit boards and soldered to pads on the opposite side.
What part of speech is through-hole technology?
Through-hole technology is a noun.
What is the plural of through-hole technology?
The plural of through-hole technology is through-hole technologies.

Words near through-hole technology in the dictionary

  1. through-hiker
  2. through-hikers
  3. through-hikes
  4. through-hiking
  5. through-hole technologies
  6. through-hole technology
  7. through-line
  8. through-lines
  9. through-shine
  10. through-stitch
  11. through-stone

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