"soap film" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soap films [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soap film (plural soap films)
  1. A film composed of soap; the wall of a soap bubble.
    Sense id: en-soap_film-en-noun-gXA66N8~ Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  2. (technical, by extension) Any thin layer of liquid (usually water-based) surrounded by air, such as that formed when two soap bubbles come into contact; networks of such films (archetypally, soapy foams) have physical properties that are often mathematically predictable and serve as models. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-soap_film-en-noun-Zp73iVa4 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical

Inflected forms

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