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lamina

[lam-uh-nuh]

noun, plural -nae

[-nee] , -nas.

a thin plate, scale, or layer.

a layer or coat lying over another, as the plates of minerals or bones.

Botany. the blade or expanded portion of a leaf.

Geology. a layer of sediment or sedimentary rock only a small fraction of an inch (less than a centimeter) in thickness.

Origin:
1650–60; < Latin; see lame²

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lamina (ˈlæmɪnə)

—n , pl -nae, -nas
1.	a thin plate or layer, esp of bone or mineral
2.	botany the flat blade of a leaf, petal, or thallus

[C17: New Latin, from Latin: thin plate]

'laminar

—*adj*

laminose

—*adj*

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lamina lam·i·na (lām'ə-nə)
n. pl. lam·i·nas or lam·i·nae (-nē')

A thin plate, sheet, or layer.
A thin layer of bone, membrane, or other tissue.

lam'i·nar or lam'i·nal adj.

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lamina (lām'ə-nə) Pronunciation Key
Plural laminae (lām'ə-nē') or laminas

The expanded area of a leaf or petal; a blade. See more at leaf.
A thin layer of bone, membrane, or other tissue.
The thinnest recognizable layer of sediment, differing from other layers in color, composition, or particle size. Laminae are usually less than 1 cm (0.39 inches) thick.

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LAMINA definition

A concurrent object-oriented language.
["Experiments with a Knowledge-based System on a Multiprocessor", Third Intl Conf Supercomputing Proc, 1988].
["ELINT in LAMINA, Application of a Concurrent Object language", Delagi et al, KSL-88-3, Knowledge Sys Labs, Stanford U].

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