Examples of solder in a Sentence
IEEE Spectrum, 6 Dec. 2023
For both PlayStation and Xbox systems, dating back to the Xbox 360, replacing your disc drive requires either solder work to move a connected board over to the new drive or purchasing a licensed drive from Sony or Microsoft, when available.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2023
These connections are typically small bumps of solder.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Nov. 2022
The base of these bottles and cups, manufactured by Green Sprouts, can come off and expose a solder dot that contains lead, posing a potential poison hazard to children, the commission said in a post dated Wednesday.
—April Rubin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
The chip is then flipped over so the solder lines up with corresponding pads on the chip’s package (or in our case onto another chip).
—Roel Baets, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2023
The solder dot is supposed to be inaccessible under normal use, so this portion was not tested by a safety lab, the company said.
—April Rubin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
The department did provide schools with information about general mitigation methods that could be implemented, including installing devices that automatically flush water at regular intervals, permanently capping fixtures, and replacing fixtures, solder or pipes that contain lead.
—Emily Hoerner, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
Ella Nilsen, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
There is plenty of piercing and pecking and pricking in the witchcraft testimony, as there were plenty of knees soldered together and chests thrust skyward.
—Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
This primarily eliminates the need to solder in jumper wires, speeding up construction considerably.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 July 2023
The winged woman is crafted in a vintage steel mold, with the atom soldered together from six pieces then affixed to the statuette, plated in four alloys including copper, nickel, silver and 24-carat gold.
—Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2023
Along with the skill itself, soldering is a comparatively inexpensive hobby to get into.
—Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
Enter eSIMs, the newish standard that does away with the physical, removable SIM card and instead solders a tiny chip on the motherboard of your phone.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2023
One of the easiest is to find a buddy that already knows how to solder.
—Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
Running an iron hot makes things easier to solder, but also runs the risk of melting components.
—Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Noun
Middle English soudure, from Anglo-French, from souder to solder, from Latin solidare to make solid, from solidus solid
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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