chip

1. (games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.Examples: "If the second player does raise three chips, and all the other players drop, the player who opened may stay in by putting three more chips in the pot, for then he will have put in precisely as many chips as the second player."

2. (slang, dated) A sovereign (the coin).datedslang

3. (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.Examples: "1986 September 1, Tom Moran, Lisa L. Spiegelman, New Chip Said to Contain Seven PC AT Chip Functions, InfoWorld, page 5, But sources close to the company said the chip contains two direct memory access controllers, two interrupt controllers, a timer, a memory mapper from Texas Instruments, and a Motorola Inc. real-time clock."Synonyms: IC, integrated circuit, microchip, silicon chip

4. (electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.Examples: "2002, Koji Ikuta, Atsushi Takahashi, Kota Ikeda, Shoji Maruo, User-Assembly Fully Integrated Micro Chemical Laboratory Using Biochemical IC Chips for Wearable/Implantable Applications, Yoshinobu Baba, Shuichi Shoji, Albert van den Berg (editors), Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002: Proceedings of the μTAS 2002 Symposium, Volume 1, page 38, Fig. 4(a) shows a schematic design of the micropump chip."; "Fig. 0.3 is an image of the front and back views of a drug delivery microchip made of silicon and painted with gold, with a U.S. dime (10 cents). The chip in the picture consists of 34 nano-sized wells each of which is capable of housing 24 nl (nano liters) of drug. It is possible to make at least 400 wells or even 1000 or more in these chips which are very inexpensive, costing less tham $20 [22, 23]."

5. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, archaic in Canada, usually in the plural) A deep-fried strip of potato; see also usage note at french fries.Examples: "I always say the best way to judge an establishment is by its chips because if you can’t master that, what can you do?"; "Do you want ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise on your chips?"; "Fish and chips is a traditional British dish."Synonyms: fries, fry, French fryAustraliaIrelandNew-ZealandUKarchaicplural-normally

6. (US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.Examples: "They made their own potato chips from scratch... He ate a tortilla chip with guac... served with a side of apple chips..."Synonyms: crispAustraliaCanadaNew-ZealandUSespeciallyin-plural