thin film

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 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.
• “thin film” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.