Definitions for laminaˈlæm ə nə; -ˌni

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

lam•i•naˈlæm ə nə; -ˌni(n.)(pl.)-nae; -nas.

  1. a thin plate or layer.

    Category: Anatomy, Zoology

  2. a thin layer or coating lying over another, as in certain minerals.

    Category: Mineralogy

  3. the blade or expanded portion of a leaf.

    Category: Botany

Origin of lamina:

1650–60; < L lāmina

Princeton's WordNet

  1. lamina(noun)

    a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)

Wiktionary

  1. lamina(Noun)

    A very thin layer of material.

  2. lamina(Noun)

    A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra.

  3. lamina(Noun)

    The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade.

  4. Origin: From lamina

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lamina(noun)

    a thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals

  2. Lamina(noun)

    the blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower

  3. Lamina(noun)

    a thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather


Translations for lamina

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

blade(noun)

the cutting part of a knife etc

His penknife has several different blades.

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