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rollin film

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables
rollin -film
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A 30-nm-thick liquid film of helium in the helium II state, which exhibits a "creeping" effect in response to surfaces extending past the film's level (wave propagation) and can thus escape from open containers.

Etymology

Named after Bernard V. Rollin.

Inflected Forms

Rollin films (plural)

Questions

What does rollin film mean?
A 30-nm-thick liquid film of helium in the helium II state, which exhibits a "creeping" effect in response to surfaces extending past the film's level (wave propagation) and can thus escape from open containers.
Where does rollin film come from?
Named after Bernard V. Rollin.

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