thin film

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noun

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

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Origin of thin film

First recorded in 1955–60

OTHER WORDS FROM thin film

thin-film, adjective

Words nearby thin film

thin, thin as a rail, thin client, thine, thin edge of the wedge, thin film, thing, thingamabob, thingamajig, T hinge, thing-in-itself

How to use thin film in a sentence

She has used the technique to develop nanoparticles and thin films for targeted drug delivery.
Two new Institute Professors|Anne Trafton|June 30, 2021|MIT Technology Review
They heated a thin film of water using a laser and then rapidly cooled the liquid.
A stop-motion experiment reveals supercooled water’s dual nature|Emily Conover|September 28, 2020|Science News
A hard court, like the ones at the U.S. Open, consists of a thin film of acrylic over an asphalt base.
The U.S. Open’s Watergate|Allen St. John|September 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Heat a griddle or nonstick pan, then add a thin film of vegetable oil.
Roast Chicken, Eggplant Pancakes, Cranberry-Walnut Tart|The Daily Beast|December 23, 2008|DAILY BEAST

First a thin film of black carbon is produced round the metal, then the latter appears in the form of a filigree of silver.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
Lubricate the embossed cams in the cam housing with a thin film of vaseline every fifty hours of actual running.
Aviation Engines|Victor Wilfred Pag
The object to be marked should first be warmed and coated very thoroughly with a thin film of paraffin wax.
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing|Bernard D. Bolas
The first and smallest of the lichen family spread and decay into a thin film of soil.
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust|Hallam Hawksworth
They each contain a thin film of yellow clay deposited by the water with which they were filled.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot

British Dictionary definitions for thin film

thin-film

adjective

(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 substratethin-film capacitor

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