MICROCHIP

chip, microchip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip

(noun) electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

microchip (plural microchips)

Integrated circuit; microprocessor.

Verb

microchip (third-person singular simple present microchips, present participle microchipping, simple past and past participle microchipped)

(transitive) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

Source: Wiktionary



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9 June 2025

HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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