ultrathin
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ultrathin
Example Sentences
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The ultrathin sensor can capture light across the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
The cables themselves often contain dozens or hundreds of flexible, ultrathin glass fibers to carry signals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
Elsewhere in the plant, workers cut the ingots into ultrathin wafers using diamond wire saws.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
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
My AboundSound audio system consisted of an array of ultrathin speakers mounted on the apartment’s walls, floor, and ceiling, providing 360 degrees of perfect spatial pin-drop sound reproduction.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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