breadboardn.
/ˈbrɛdbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈbrɛdˌbɔrd/ 1. A board, typically made of wood, used for cutting or preparing bread.
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1761 T. Arnold Bailey's Compl. Eng. Dict. (German ed.) II. 90/1 Brodtfahrant, a Pantry, Bread-Board.
1857 Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Bk. 3 Mix..the dough; roll it on a bread-board about an inch thick.
1906 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 20 Dec. 8/4 Wooden bread boards should be scrubbed with sand or salt instead of soap in order to keep them in good condition.
2017 Sunday Independent (Nexis) 27 Aug. Place the brown wheaten bread on a breadboard and cut into slices at the table.
2. A board on which a working version of an electronic circuit, component, etc., can be constructed, esp. for testing or as a prototype; an experimental model or mock-up of a circuit, component, etc.Frequently as a modifier, as in breadboard layout, breadboard model, etc.
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1923 Radio Aug. 44/2 The breadboard set utilizes one stage of radio frequency, detector and two stages audio amplification.
1924 Radio News Apr. 1420/1 The relative merits of the panel arrangement of transmitting sets, as compared to the much more common practice of arranging the parts..on a ‘bread-board’ or at one end of the operating table.
1940 Amateur Radio Handbk. (ed. 2) vi. 106/2 The simplest and cheapest style is the baseboard or ‘breadboard’ layout, where the various stages are assembled in a row along a wooden base.
1966 Electronics 17 Oct. 131 One company has already told the Navy it could provide a breadboard model of the unit primarily from off-the-shelf components six months after getting the order.
2005 RCM & E (Radio Control Models & Electronics) Apr. 42/1 The idea is to build all the small circuits shown with a solderless breadboard as we go along, and test out my claims with a multimeter.
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breadboardv.
/ˈbrɛdbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈbrɛdˌbɔrd/ transitive. To make an experimental model or mock-up of (an electronic circuit, component, etc.). Cf. breadboard n. 2.
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breadboard1944
1944 Organization Rep.: Sonar (Harvard Underwater Sound Lab.) No. 10. 25 A range timer, using a slightly different scheme has been breadboarded and looks quite promising.
1986 Hi-Fi Answers Dec. 65/1 He called me in to listen to an amplifier he had breadboarded in his listening room.
2007 Future Music Feb. 18/3 I also moved into bread-boarding my own circuits.
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ˈbreadboarding n.
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breadboarding1953
1953 Dept. Air Force Appropriations 1954: Hearings before Subcomm. Comm. Appropriations (83rd Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives) 494 That is what you mean by breadboarding. You spread it out all over the place.
1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xii. 827/2 Circuit work is usually done on plug-in breadboarding gadgets.
2017 @littleBits 19 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 8 Mar. 2019) You can now create and code your own inventions without breadboarding, soldering, or wiring.
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