Definition of lamina

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Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals..

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Lamina :: Lamina (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower..
Diallage :: Diallage (n.) A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks..
Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure..
Foliated :: Foliated (a.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose..
Till :: Till (n.) A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner..
Scaly :: Scaly (a.) Resembling scales, laminae, or layers..
Micaceous :: Micaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, mica; splitting into laminae or leaves like mica..
Laminiferous :: Laminiferous (a.) Having a structure consisting of laminae, or thin layers..
Laminate :: Laminate (v. t.) To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling..
Lamp :: Lamp (n.) A thin plate or lamina.
Dilated :: Dilated (a.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages.
Sufflaminate :: Sufflaminate (v. t.) To retard the motion of, as a carriage, by preventing one or more of its wheels from revolving, either by means of a chain or otherwise..
Sternebrae :: Sternbergite (n.) A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminae varying in color from brown to black..
Itacolumite :: Itacolumite (n.) A laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring in regions where the diamond is found..
Laminability :: Laminability (n.) The quality or state of being laminable.
Interlamellar :: Interlamellar (a.) Alt. of Interlamina.
Laminable :: Laminable (a.) Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip..
Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure..
Sufflate :: Sufflaminate (v. t.) Hence, to stop; to impede..
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp..
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