Noun: die
| Singular | die |
| Plural | dies; dice |
Sample Sentences
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The number of dies per wafer is basically the area of the wafer divided by the area of the die. [2002, John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 19:]
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Once the wafer has undergone the wafer-probe test, it is separated into individual dice by sawing or scribing and breaking. The dice are visually inspected, sorted, and readied for assembly into packages. [2009, Paul R. Gray, Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, 5th edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 159:]
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Some young creatures have learnt their letters and syllables, and the pronouncing and spelling of words, by having them pasted or written upon many little flat tablets or dies. [1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC:]
Nouns inflected like die
die,
dye,
Etymology
1. From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum.
2. Replaced Old English tasul, tesul (“die”), from Latin tessella (“die, cube”). See: Middle English Nouns '
dee', French Nouns '
dé', Latin Nouns '
datum'.
Verbs referencing "die"
Italian Nouns
dado.