thin film

English

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 terms

• thin-film

Translations

layer of material as a coating

• French: couche mince (fr) f
• German: Dünnschicht f
• Italian: film sottile m
• Russian: тонкая плёнка f (tonkaja pljónka)
• Spanish: lámina delgada f, película delgada f, película fina f

Further reading

• “thin film”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “thin film”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.