"thin film" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thin films [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} thin film (plural thin films)
  1. A layer of material deposited on a substrate as a coating of one atom or one molecule in thickness. Derived forms: thin-film Translations (layer of material as a coating): couche mince [feminine] (French), Dünnschicht [feminine] (German), film sottile [masculine] (Italian), тонкая плёнка (tonkaja pljónka) [feminine] (Russian), lámina delgada [feminine] (Spanish), película delgada [feminine] (Spanish), película fina [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-thin_film-en-noun-PebCE~Tu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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