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hardwired

Pronunciation: /ˌhɑːdˈwʌɪəd/
Definition of hardwired

adjective

Electronics
  • involving or achieved by permanently connected circuits rather than software: the hard-wired routines in a handheld calculator
  • informal genetically determined or compelled:fear is hardwired in our brain

Derivatives

hardwire

verb

hardwiring

noun

hardwired in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of hardwired in the US English dictionary
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