microchip

noun

mi·​cro·​chip ˈmī-krō-ˌchip How to pronounce microchip (audio)

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When Bertie County Humane Society prepared the cat — who has a distinctive pattern, with a mark on her forehead and rings around her tail — for a spay surgery in December, the rescue realized the pet had already been spayed and had a microchip. Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025 Managing warmth in clothing is part of a broader heat-management challenge in engineering that spans microchips, data centers, spacecraft and life-support systems. Longji Cui, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025 According to Moore’s Law, a microchip’s computing power and efficiency doubles every two years. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025 Gordon Moore, a chip expert and co-founder of Intel, postulated that the number of transistors on microchips would double every 24 months or so thanks to advances in miniaturization technology. John Ruwitch, NPR, 4 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for microchip

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First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of microchip was in 1969

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“Microchip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microchip. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.

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microchip

noun
mi·​cro·​chip ˈmī-krō-ˌchip How to pronounce microchip (audio)

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