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Plastic film
Thin continuous polymeric material / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with films titled Plastic, see Plastic (disambiguation).
Plastic film is a thin continuous polymeric material. Thicker plastic material is often called a "sheet". These thin plastic membranes are used to separate areas or volumes, to hold items, to act as barriers, or as printable surfaces.
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Plastic films are used in a wide variety of applications. These include: packaging, plastic bags, labels, building construction, landscaping, electrical fabrication, photographic film, film stock for movies, video tape, etc.