laminar

English

Etymology

From Latin lamina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæmɪnə/

Adjective

laminar (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers.
   1. (electronics) In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
   2. (anatomy) Describing the layer of capillaries in the choroid of the eye

Derived terms

• bilaminar
• colaminar
• interlaminar
• intralaminar
• laminar flow
• laminarise
• laminarity
• laminarize
• laminarly
• laminary
• multilaminar
• nonlaminar
• plurilaminar
• prelaminar
• retrolaminar
• sublaminar
• supralaminar
• translaminar
• trilaminar
• unilaminar

 

Translations

of fluid motion, smooth and regular

• Bulgarian: ламинарен (laminaren)
• Finnish: laminaarinen (fi)
• Greek: ελασματώδης m (elasmatódis)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: laminar (es)

Anagrams

• alarmin, malarin, railman

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Portuguese

Verb

1. to laminate

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lamiˈnaɾ/ [la.miˈnaɾ]

Adjective

laminar m or f (masculine and feminine plural laminares)

1. laminar

Verb

1. to laminate