micromembrane

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ membrane

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛmbɹeɪn

Noun

micromembrane (plural micromembranes)

A very thin membrane, especially a semipermeable one
- 2015, G. Cantatore, A. Gardikiotis, D.H.H. Hoffmann, M. Karuza, Y.K. Semertzidis, K. Zioutas, “Recent Progress with the KWISP Force Sensor”, in arXiv‎:
  It is designed to detect the pressure exerted by a flux of solar Chameleons on a thin (100 nm) Si $_{3}$ N $_{4}$ micromembrane thanks to their direct coupling to matter.

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