thin

Meaning

Adj

1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
2. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
3. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
4. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
5. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
6. Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
7. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
8. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
9. Of a route: relatively little used.
10. Poor; scanty; without money or success.

Noun

1. A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
2. Any food produced or served in thin slices.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
2. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
3. To dilute.
4. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.

Adv

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

Synonyms

lean

skinny

slender

slim

weak

emaciated

gaunt

sparse

fine

meager

watery

flimsy

small

slight

narrow

dilute

tenuous

rare

delicate

poor

skimpy

frail

light

scrawny

meagre

lank

thin out

scarce

flat

reduce

spare

diluted

lose weight

washy

become thin

loose

feeble

attenuate

slenderize

scanty

slim down

bony

sleazy

in short supply

fragile

filmy

cut

faint

few

🤏

svelte

Translations

mince

dünn

delgado

maigre

sottile

magro

flaco

dun

mager

λεπτός

fino

fin

🔚

tenuis

magro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thinne

Inherited from Old English: þynne

Cognate with German: dünn

Cognate with Dutch: dun

Cognate with Western Frisian: tin

Cognate with Icelandic: þunnur

Cognate with Danish: tynd

Cognate with Swedish: tunn

Cognate with Latin: tenuis

Cognate with Irish: tanaí

Cognate with Welsh: tenau

Cognate with Latvian: tievs

Cognate with Polish: cienki

Cognate with Sanskrit: तनु

Cognate with Persian: تنگ

In summary

From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”).
Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous.

Sentences

The difference is that here the " thin film " is a thin layer of air .