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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Laminar :: Laminar (a.) Alt. of Lamina.
Laminae :: Laminae (pl. ) of Lamin.
Laminaria :: Laminaria (n.) A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp..
Laminate :: Laminate (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated..
Marmolite :: Marmolite (n.) A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color..
Veined :: Veined (a.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf..
Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure..
Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina..
Tabular :: Tabular (a.) Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated.
Bilaminate :: Bilaminate (a.) Formed of, or having, two laminae, or thin plates..
Squarrous :: Squarroso-dentate (a.) Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; -- said of a leaf.
Epiblast :: Epiblast (n.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination..
Lamination :: Lamination (n.) The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated..
Cerosin :: Cerosin (n.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae..
Bilaminar :: Bilaminar (a.) Alt. of Bilaminat.
Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure..
Mannite :: Mannite (n.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron..
Pyroxene :: Pyroxene (n.) A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90�, 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
Interlamellar :: Interlamellar (a.) Alt. of Interlamina.
Interlaminated :: Interlaminated (a.) Placed between, or containing, laminae or plates..
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