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noun

Electronics. a sheet of insulating material used for the mounting and interconnection (often by a printed circuit) of components in electronic equipment.
Computers.
  1. board(def 14a).
  2. a piece of material on which printed or integrated circuits are installed.

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RELATED WORDS

motherboard, board, card

Nearby words

  1. circlorama,
  2. circs,
  3. circuit,
  4. circuit analyzer,
  5. circuit binding,
  6. circuit breaker,
  7. circuit court,
  8. circuit court of appeals,
  9. circuit edges,
  10. circuit judge
Also called board (for defs 1, 2b).
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British Dictionary definitions for circuit board

circuit board

noun

short for printed circuit board
See printed circuit board
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Science definitions for circuit board

circuit board

See printed circuit board.
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