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microshell

microshell noun: an extremely thin shell or hard coating.

Noun

microshell (plural microshells)

  1. An extremely thin shell or hard coating.
    • Third, the thickness of the microshell is limited by the thin film deposition step that generally is in the range of a few micrometers.2004, Bharat Bhushan, Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology, page 1118
    • A horizontal lineout was taken along the central plane of the microshell.2006, James Anthony King, Titanium K-alpha X-ray Imaging Radiography of Imploding Microshells Using a Spherically Bent Crystal, page 173

Forms of microshell

pluralmicroshells

Origin of microshell

From micro- + shell.

Questions about microshell

What does microshell mean?
Microshell means an extremely thin shell or hard coating.
What part of speech is microshell?
Microshell is a noun.
What is the plural of microshell?
The plural of microshell is microshells.

Words near microshell in the dictionary

  1. microshear
  2. microshears
  3. microsheep
  4. microsheet
  5. microsheets
  6. microshell
  7. microshells
  8. Microshit
  9. microshock
  10. microshocks
  11. microshoot

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