micromembrane

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ membrane

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛmbɹeɪn

Noun

micromembrane (plural micromembranes)

1. 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^[1]:

     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.