ultrathin
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ultrathin
Example Sentences
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It was a pioneer in developing glass fiber, in which threads of ultrathin glass are woven together like a fabric.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
Elsewhere in the plant, workers cut the ingots into ultrathin wafers using diamond wire saws.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a silk-based, ultrathin membrane that can be used in organ-on-a-chip models to better mimic the natural environment of cells and tissues within the body.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024
Apple had intended the ad to send the opposite message, that its ultrathin iPad Pro could power an array of creative activities that previously required individual tools.
From New York Times • May 9, 2024
An ultrathin gold rope trailed from the fletching.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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