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ellipsometry

ellipsometry noun: an optical technique for investigating the dielectric properties of thin films, especially those used in fabricating semiconductors.

Noun

ellipsometry (uncountable)

  1. An optical technique for investigating the dielectric properties of thin films, especially those used in fabricating semiconductors

Origin of ellipsometry

From ellipse + -o- + -metry.

Words formed from ellipsometry

Questions about ellipsometry

What does ellipsometry mean?
Ellipsometry means an optical technique for investigating the dielectric properties of thin films, especially those used in fabricating semiconductors.
What part of speech is ellipsometry?
Ellipsometry is a noun.

Words near ellipsometry in the dictionary

  1. ellipsoids
  2. ellipsoids of revolution
  3. ellipsometer
  4. ellipsometers
  5. ellipsometric
  6. ellipsometry
  7. ellipt
  8. ellipted
  9. elliptic
  10. elliptic curve
  11. elliptic curves

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