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Answer for the clue "Circuit board connector ", 6 letters:
solder

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Solder (, or in North America ) is a fusible metal alloy used to create a permanent bond between metal workpieces. The word solder comes from the Middle English word soudur , via Old French solduree and soulder , from the Latin solidare , meaning "to make ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., sawd "mend by soldering," from solder (n.). Modern form is a re-Latinization from early 15c. Related: Soldered ; soldering .

Usage examples of solder.

The repair job was so distinctly amateurish that he suspected Flyte had soldered the frames himself, to save money.

In the opening and comming out of this circulate and turning assence many pillars of fused and molten mettall were aptly disposed and surely fixed: the inter-space betwixt euery one and other one foote, and in height halfe a pase, railed and ioyned togither aboue with a battelled coronet al along the said pillar, and of the same metall compassing about the opening of the staire, lest that any comming foorth vnawares should fall downe headlong, For the immesurable height thereof woulde cause a giddines in the head, and bring a staggering to the feete: vpon the plaine of the obeliske there was infixed a table of brasse fastened and soldered in about the height of a man, with an ancient inscription in Latine, Greeke, and Arabike, by the which I plainely vnderstoode that the same was dedicated to the Sunne, and the measure of the work wholy set downe and described, the name of the Architector noted on the obeliske in Greek letters.

The board slipped, and David cursed as he soldered two channels together.

Wires had been soldered to the two little springs that normally would have touched the bottom part of the battery cylinders.

They work constantly, they are often camouflaged against being sighted from the air, they have low-pressure boilers to force steam through the mash, they use car mufflers and truck radiators soldered together and buried in dammed-up stream beds for condensers, and since everything is haste, they make the sorriest liquor.

Royal Powder Works at Spandau, Prussia, frequent ignition of the powder at a certain stage of the process led to an examination of the machinery, when it was found that where, at certain parts, bronze pieces which were soldered were in constant contact with the moist powder, the solder was much corroded and in part entirely destroyed, and that in the joints had collected a substance which, on being scraped out with a chisel, exploded with emission of sparks.

The head of each screw is soldered to the wire mentioned above as running along the back and as being connected with the zinc end of the battery.

Porter proved adept at twisting the copper wire into the correct spiral shape, but the connections were fiddly and intricate, and her soldering needed constant supervision.

The wires went through two holes that seemed to have been burned with a soldering iron.

In the sudden darkness, the tip of the soldering iron glowed like a red eye and slowly faded.

On the coals the large, blunt tip of a soldering iron with a wooden handle was beginning to turn red.

Kelley picked up the soldering iron and moved it gently through the air.

He watched as the molten blend of gold and tin was poured into a mold, so that it came out in the shape of a thin rod, and then all it took was an iron rod heated in the furnace to make a crude yet effective soldering iron.

As his host listened and asked questions, Tiny Idaho rifled through a series of tool chests and parts drawers, pulling out lengths of wire, a soldering iron, and a digital timer.

He pulled out a soldering iron the size of an electric toothbrush and inserted it into the cord.