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say it: mahy-kroh-PRAH-seh-sur
microprocessor is a noun meaning "integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system". It is pronounced /ˌmaɪkɹoʊˈpɹɑsɛsɚ/ — mahy-kroh-PRAH-seh-sur. It carries one recorded sense.
integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system
“a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer”
“a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for microprocessor come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.