laminated
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
laminated (not comparable)
- Made by lamination.
- 2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 42:
- The accident was also one of several since Clapham [...] that demonstrated the role of breakable windows in the death toll. RSSB research would later confirm and reinforce the need for laminated glass to protect passengers and increase survivability.
- Consisting of many thin layers.
- A laminated arch is a timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails.
- 1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186:
- All springs for the engine and tender are of the laminated type with plates of carbon steel, which are secured in the spring buckles by a vertical centre rivet.
- 1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 726:
- In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.
- (geology, of rocks) Splitting into thin layers parallel to bedding.
- Shale is laminated.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
made by lamination
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consisting of many thin layers
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Verb[edit]
laminated
- simple past and past participle of laminate
References[edit]
- “laminated”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.