Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
chip (fragment of stone etc.). - adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
chip (damaged area of a surface where a small piece has broken off). - adjective US Resembling or characteristic of a
chip (thin, crisp, baked piece of vegetable). - adjective UK, Australia, New Zealand Resembling or characteristic of a
chip (wedge of fried potato). - adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
chip (electronic circuit fabricated on substrate).
Etymologies
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From chip + -like.
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Examples
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Another way to scrutinize DNA uses microarrays, chiplike devices that, instead of reading the DNA sequence letter by letter, spot genetic variants known as single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).
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