单词 | micromachine |
释义 | micromachinen. A very small mechanical device; spec. a microscopic device with moving parts constructed on a substrate such as silicon, using lithography, etching, moulding, and other techniques. ΚΠ 1988 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 27 Mar. 64/1 Such are the extraordinary but perhaps not impossible visions of engineers crafting tiny building blocks for a new revolutionary technology: Micromachines. 1991 Sci. News 12 Jan. 26/3 Their brawn strokes Guckel's optimism that micromachines might indeed be capable of doing real-world work, such as powering a microknife for clearing obstructed arteries. 1993 A. Toffler & H. Toffler War & Anti-war iii. xiv. 120 Today the first micro-machines are just being patented—for example, an electric motor less than a millimeter long that could..drive a robot the size of an ant. 1999 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 14 Nov. i. 45/1 Micromachines..have undeniable potential to inspire radical change in almost any aspect of human endeavor. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1988 |
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