wafer
noun
a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
wafers
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pluralof wafer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Caltech researchers have found a way to move light across silicon wafers with exceptionally little signal loss, reaching levels at visible wavelengths that approach those of optical fiber.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
They adapt the material to a lithography-based manufacturing method suitable for making devices on wafers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Many wafers shipped in 2Q were priced when they were produced in 4Q or 1Q.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Indium-phosphide crystals are brittle and grown in small batches, and the industry is only now moving from three-inch to six-inch wafers, a step silicon took in the 1980s.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
It was full of fortune cookies—thin wafers that had been folded so there was an air space in each one.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
