(of an electronic component, device, or circuit) composed of one or more extremely thin layers of metal, semiconductor, etc, deposited on a ceramic or glass substrate
thin-film capacitor
thin film in American English
noun
a film of material only a few microns thick, deposited on a substrate, as in the technology for making integrated circuits
Derived forms
thin-film
adjective
Word origin
[1955–60]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cassette, life-support, opioid, rollout, software
Examples of 'thin-film' in a sentence
thin-film
It also operates research programmes into thin-film solar and hydrogen technology.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Bulky panels that used to be bolted on are giving way to integral thin-film technology.