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wafer
[ wey-fer ]
noun
- a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
- a thin disk of unleavened bread, used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.
- a thin disk of dried paste, gelatin, adhesive paper, or the like, used for sealing letters, attaching papers, etc.
- Medicine/Medical. a thin sheet of dry paste or the like, used to enclose a powder to be swallowed.
- any small, thin disk, as a washer or piece of insulation.
- Electronics. a thin slice of semiconductor used as a base material on which single transistors or integrated-circuit components are formed.
verb (used with object)
- to seal, close, or attach by means of a wafer or wafers:
to wafer a letter.
wafer
/ ˈɱɪə /
noun
- a thin crisp sweetened biscuit with different flavourings, served with ice cream, etc
- Christianity a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist as celebrated by the Western Church
- pharmacol an envelope of rice paper enclosing a medicament
- electronics a large single crystal of semiconductor material, such as silicon, on which numerous integrated circuits are manufactured and then separated
- a small thin disc of adhesive material used to seal letters, documents, etc
verb
- tr to seal, fasten, or attach with a wafer
Derived Forms
- ˈɲڱ-ˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ɲf· ɲf· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of wafer1
Example Sentences
These tiny wafers of silicon, known as chips, were invented in the United States, but today, it is in Asia that the most advanced chips are being produced at phenomenal scale.
Their famous wafer fabrication company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, runs more advanced wafer fabs at smaller transistor sizes than Intel and other chip giants.
This makes it a promising candidate for large-scale industrial applications, such as wafer processing.
As a result, you get fewer LEDs from a wafer -- the thin, flat piece of semiconductor material made from InGaN that serves as the base for the fabrication of LED devices.
Put aside a few chocolate wafers from making your crust, and consider it your bonus serving for making the pie!
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