单词 | wafer |
释义 | wafer —waferlike, wafery, adj. /way"feuhr/, n. 1. a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored. 2. a thin disk of unleavened bread, used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church. 3. a thin disk of dried paste, gelatin, adhesive paper, or the like, used for sealing letters, attaching papers, etc. 4. Med. a thin sheet of dry paste or the like, used to enclose a powder to be swallowed. 5. any small, thin disk, as a washer or piece of insulation. 6. Electronics. a thin slice of semiconductor used as a base material on which single transistors or integrated-circuit components are formed. v.t. 7. to seal, close, or attach by means of a wafer or wafers: to wafer a letter. [1350-1400; ME wafre < MD wafer, var. of wafel WAFFLE1] |
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