circuit board

noun

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The smell was traced to a circuit board that had overheated and was subsequently replaced, Duffy said in an update. Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026 Duffy added in a post on X that the cause of the strong odor was because of a circuit board that overheated. Mathew Schumer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2026 And just as a computer eventually morphed into a physical object with a circuit board and chips, another evolution is now underway. Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026 Chips are typically connected to a base layer with layers of copper to allow the chips to send electrical signals to larger systems, like circuit boards. Jordan Novet,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for circuit board

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of circuit board was in 1948

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“Circuit board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circuit%20board. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.

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