wafer

wafer

wafer (plural wafers)

1. A light, thin, flat biscuit.
2. (religion) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
3. A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 202:

     The house supplied him with a wafer for his present purpose, with which, having sealed his letter, he returned hastily towards the brook side, in order to search for the things which he had there lost.

4. (electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.

	wafer
	A thin, flat piece of semiconductor crystal used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. Various etching, doping, and layering techniques are used to create the circuit components on the surface of the wafer. Usually multiple identical circuits are formed on a single wafer, which is then cut into sections. Each integrated circuit then has leads attached and is packaged in a holder.

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	biscuit
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Altri significati:

A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters.

(electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.

Thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service, especially in the celebration of the eucharist.

A thin, crisp, flat, dry and sweet biscuit, often with a patterned surface.

A light, thin, flat biscuit.

(religion) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.

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