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Lamina definition

lămə-nə
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A thin plate, sheet, or layer.
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A thin layer of bone, membrane, or other tissue.
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(zoology) A thin scalelike or platelike structure, as one of the thin layers of sensitive vascular tissue in the hoof of a horse.
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The flat, expanded part of a leaf; blade, as distinguished from the petiole.
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(geology) A narrow bed of rock.
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The expanded area of a leaf or petal; a blade.
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The bladelike part of a kelp.
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A thin plate, sheet, or layer.
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A thin layer of bone, membrane, or other tissue.
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(zoology) A thin scalelike or platelike structure, as one of the thin layers of sensitive vascular tissue in the hoof of a horse.
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(cytology) A thin layer inside the nuclear membrane of a cell that is composed of a meshlike network of protein fibers.
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The expanded area of a leaf or petal; a blade.
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A thin layer of bone, membrane, or other tissue.
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The thinnest recognizable layer of sediment, differing from other layers in color, composition, or particle size. Laminae are usually less than 1 cm (0.39 inches) thick.
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A very thin layer of material.
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(anatomy) A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra.
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(botany) The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade.
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A thin flake, scale, or layer, as of metal or animal tissue.
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Origin of lamina

  • Latin lāmina

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”)

    From Wiktionary

Lamina Sentence Examples

  • The conception of the lamina leads immediately to two schemes, according to which a primary wave may be supposed to be broken up. In the first of these the element dS, the effect of which is to be estimated, is supposed to execute its actual motion, while every other element of the plane lamina is maintained at rest.

  • Now it is evident that the aerial motion in front of the lamina is determined by what happens at the lamina without regard to the cause of the motion there existing.

  • Imagine a flexible lamina to be introduced so as to coincide with the plane at which resolution is to be effected.

  • Or the thallus may have a leaf-like form, the branches from the central threads which form the midrib growing out mainly in one plane and forming a lamina, extended right and left of the midrib.

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