breadboard
English
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A pull-out cutting board beneath a counter.
Alternative forms
- bread board
Etymology
From bread + board.
Noun
breadboard (plural breadboards)
- A cutting board, especially for cutting bread.
- A pull-out cutting board underneath a counter, found in many kitchens.
- (electronics) A reusable solderless device used to build a (usually temporary) prototype of an electronic circuit and for experimenting with circuit designs.
Derived terms
- breadboarding
Translations
cutting board
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pull-out cutting board
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reusable solderless device
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Verb
breadboard (third-person singular simple present breadboards, present participle breadboarding, simple past and past participle breadboarded)
- (transitive) To set up (an electronic device) on a breadboard.
- 1990, Delton T. Horn, 49 electronic 6-volt projects, page 9:
- If the breadboarded circuit operates incorrectly or erratically, try relocating some of the components.
- 1998, Jim Williams, The Art and Science of Analog Circuit Design, page 114:
- There are many commercial breadboarding systems, but almost all of them are designed to facilitate the breadboarding of digital systems, where noise immunities are hundreds of millivolts or more.
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