Meanings
nounmicromembrane (plural micromembranes)
plural micromembranes
- A very thin membrane, especially a semipermeable one
It is designed to detect the pressure exerted by a flux of solar Chameleons on a thin (100 nm) Si#95;3N#95;4 micromembrane thanks to their direct coupling to matter.
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
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Rhymes with micromembrane
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