printed circuit board
Americannoun
noun
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A flat plastic or fiberglass board on which interconnected circuits and components are laminated or etched. Chips and other electronic components are mounted on the circuits. Computers consist of one or more printed circuit boards, usually called cards or adapters.
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See more at motherboard
Etymology
Origin of printed circuit board
First recorded in 1955–60
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
Elite Material is a manufacturer of copper-clad laminates and prepregs, and a mass lamination foundry for printed circuit board players.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
In this case, the researchers used polyaniline, also known as PANI, a synthetic polymer with conductive properties already used in applications such as printed circuit board manufacturing.
From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023
But Rawlinson said the company was redesigning one printed circuit board to avoid any problems that could affect the supply of one chip in the medium term.
From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2021
His father is the founder and owner of Equipment Sales-North, a company in Cheshire that sells printed circuit board manufacturing equipment.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2018
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