printed circuit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of printed circuit
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 amount of copper wiring on printed circuit boards is surging in areas such as graphics processing units, and demand for high-density substrates is expanding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
The printed circuit boards required for TPUs are denser with a proprietary routing and these are produced by companies like Isu Petasys, TTM Technologies and Unimicron.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 28, 2025
China, for example, controls 80% of the basic ingredients that go into antibiotics and fever reducers and controls roughly half of global production of printed circuit boards.
From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025
A printed circuit, or, since it was imposed on flesh, possibly tattooed.
From Tangle Hold by Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.)
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