vias
SayVY-uhz/ˈvaɪəz/
- 1Plural of via.
The designer placed dozens of vias to connect the upper and lower copper layers.
Manufacturing defects in the vias caused several boards to fail testing.
Note
A plain English -s plural, even though the word comes from Latin. It is mostly the circuit designer's plural, for the metal-filled holes and connections that join the layers of a printed circuit board or chip. The Roman-road noun lives mainly in set phrases and seldom needs a plural. The preposition (travel via Paris) has no plural at all, so vias is always a noun.
vias is a form of via
via, noun: A main road or highway, especially one built in ancient Rome; chiefly used in set names today. Full entry
- Spelling
- via → vias: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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