thin film

noun

1. a film of material only a few microns thick, deposited on a substrate, as in the technology for making integrated circuits.

thin-film

adjective

1. (of an electronic component, device, or circuit) composed of one or more extremely thin layers of metal, semiconductor, etc, deposited on a ceramic or glass substrate

   thin-film capacitor

Other Word Forms

• thin-film adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of thin film¹

First recorded in 1955–60