circuit board
Americannoun
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Electronics. a sheet made up of layers of conductive and insulating material used for the mounting and interconnection, often by a printed circuit, of components in electronic equipment.
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Also called card. Computers. a piece of fiberglass or other material upon which chips can be mounted to perform specific functions.
noun
Etymology
Origin of circuit board
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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L.A. literature: In a durably famous metaphor for Southern California, “The Crying of Lot 49’s” heroine, Oedipa, compares the sight of a distant sprawling suburb to a transistor radio’s printed circuit board.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The researchers produced the chip using established semiconductor techniques and mounted it on a custom circuit board.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026
The culprit was found to be an overheated circuit board at a facility in Virginia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
Li taught himself computer programming and learned how to design a circuit board.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
He looked up from the circuit board that was slowly coming together.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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