Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

latch-up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: latch-up
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of short circuit caused by the inadvertent creation of a low-impedance path between the power supply rails of a MOSFET circuit.

Inflected Forms

latch-ups (plural) latchup (alternative)

Questions

What does latch-up mean?: A kind of short circuit caused by the inadvertent creation of a low-impedance path between the power supply rails of a MOSFET circuit.

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