Definition of lamina

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Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather..

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Flake :: Flake (n.) A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish..
Terma :: Terma (n.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain..
Scaly :: Scaly (a.) Resembling scales, laminae, or layers..
Laminate :: Laminate (v. i.) To separate into laminae.
Perthite :: Perthite (n.) A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors..
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..
Foliaceous :: Foliaceous (a.) Consisting of leaves or thin laminae; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar..
Claustrum :: Claustrum (n.) A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain of man.
Laminas :: Laminas (pl. ) of Lamin.
Shale :: Shale (n.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure..
Lamina :: Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina..
Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure..
Oarsweed :: Oarsweed (n.) Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp. See Kelp.
Lamina :: 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..
Laminitis :: Laminitis (n.) Inflammation of the laminae or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder.
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..
Lamination :: Lamination (n.) The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated..
Laminate :: Laminate (v. t.) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
Tilestone :: Tilestone (n.) A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.
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