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thin film

a layer of material ranging from fractions of a nanometer to several micrometers in thickness
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thin film

Summary

thin film is a type of physical object by shape[1]. It draws 310 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_physical_object_by_shape category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • thin film's instance of is recorded as type of physical object by shape[3].
  • thin film is a type of physical object[4].
  • thin film is a type of layer[5].
  • thin film's Commons category is recorded as Thin films[6].
  • thin film's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thin films[7].
  • thin film's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • thin film's shape is recorded as flatness[9].
  • thin film's has characteristic is recorded as flatness[10].
  • thin film's has characteristic is recorded as thin[11].
  • thin film's studied by is recorded as Thin-film optics[12].

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Definition and Type

thin film's instance of is recorded as type of physical object by shape[3]. Recorded subclass of include physical object[4] and layer[5].

Why It Matters

thin film draws 310 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_physical_object_by_shape category, ranking #2 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Thin films
    Has characteristic → flatness, thin
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16644, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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