plural of thin client

(computing) A minimal client that relies on the server to do most of its processing.

(electronics) (of a circuit, electronic, etc.) Made with thin films deposited on a ceramic or glass substrate.

A layer of material deposited on a substrate as a coating of one atom or one molecule in thickness.

(intransitive) To be nearly used up or consumed, so that little remains.

light and thin / (figuratively, by extension) having a flimsy factual basis; unsubstantiated, hard to believe

plural of thin section

(mineralogy) A thin, optically flat sliver of a material, especially a rock or mineral, that can be used in microscopy. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see thin, section.

(idiomatic) Something that if allowed or accepted to a small degree would lead to systematic encroachment.

Alternative form of thin end of the wedge