Definition of "printed circuit" []

• An electric circuit in which the conducting connections have been printed or otherwise deposited in predetermined patterns on an insulating base. (noun)

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• "Von Hippel 1988 found that lead users had developed 77 per cent of the innovations in the scientific instruments field and 67 per cent of the innovations in semiconductors and printed circuit boards."