laminar
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
laminar (not comparable)
- Of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- On the wall, in an ornate fixture of darkening bronze, a gas jet burned, laminar and gently singing — adjusted to what scientists of the last century called a "sensitive flame": invisible at the base, as it issues from the orifice, fading upward into smooth blue light that hovers several inches above...
- 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses:
- The laminar bands of color to the west bleeding out under the hammered clouds. A sudden violet-colored hooding of the earth.
- In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers.
- (electronics) In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
- (anatomy) Describing the layer of capillaries in the choroid of the eye
Derived terms
Translations
of fluid motion, smooth and regular
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Anagrams
Portuguese
Verb
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- to laminate
Conjugation
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
laminar m or f (masculine and feminine plural laminares)
Verb
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- to laminate
Conjugation
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