clean room
noun
ˈklēn-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
: a room for the manufacture or assembly of objects (such as precision parts) that is maintained at a high level of cleanliness by special means
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The microchips are manufactured in a clean room.
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And, of course, the research will help NASA improve its clean room protocols to minimize the risk of biological contamination on future missions.
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Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 18 May 2025
Future semiconductor workers will need expertise in chip design and microelectronics, materials science and process engineering, and advanced manufacturing and clean room operations.
—Michael Moats, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
During the test on Jan. 23, 2018, in a Lockheed Martin clean room in Littleton, Colorado, engineers and technicians evaluated that the solar arrays fully deployed and conducted an illumination test to confirm that the solar cells were collecting power.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2018
Another person wondered if tipping for a clean room could cause a ripple effect in other places on the property.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 18 May 2025
Future semiconductor workers will need expertise in chip design and microelectronics, materials science and process engineering, and advanced manufacturing and clean room operations.
—Michael Moats, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
During the test on Jan. 23, 2018, in a Lockheed Martin clean room in Littleton, Colorado, engineers and technicians evaluated that the solar arrays fully deployed and conducted an illumination test to confirm that the solar cells were collecting power.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2018
Another person wondered if tipping for a clean room could cause a ripple effect in other places on the property.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Clean room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clean%20room. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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