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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Pyroxene :: Pyroxene (n.) A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90ยก, and also in massive forms which are often laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green and black, and includes many varieties differing in color and composition, as diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc. They are all silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes alumina and iron. Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks, especially basic igneous rocks, as basa
Scaly :: Scaly (a.) Resembling scales, laminae, or layers..
Sternebrae :: Sternbergite (n.) A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminae varying in color from brown to black..
Laminal :: Laminal (a.) In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina..
Terma :: Terma (n.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain..
Lamina :: Lamina (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower..
Tilestone :: Tilestone (n.) A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.
Perthite :: Perthite (n.) A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors..
Laminate :: Laminate (v. t.) To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling..
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..
Laminate :: Laminate (v. t.) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
Laminarian :: Laminarian (a.) Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow..
Laminate :: Laminate (v. i.) To separate into laminae.
Laminating :: Laminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laminat.
Claustrum :: Claustrum (n.) A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain of man.
Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure..
Laminarite :: Laminarite (n.) A broad-leafed fossil alga.
Laminated :: Laminated (imp. & p. p.) of Laminat.
Tabular :: Tabular (a.) Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated.
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