laminated

English

Adjective

laminated (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. (geology, of rocks) Splitting into thin layers parallel to bedding.

   Shale is laminated.

Derived terms

• laminated glass

 

Translations

made by lamination

• Catalan: laminat (ca)
• Finnish: laminoitu, kerrostettu
• French: laminé (fr)
• German: laminiert (de)
• Irish: lannach, lannaithe, ^{(please verify)} bileogach
• Russian: ламини́рованный (ru) (laminírovannyj)
• Ukrainian: ламіно́ваний (laminóvanyj)

consisting of many thin layers

• Catalan: laminós
• Finnish: kerroksittainen, kerrosrakenteinen
• French: lamellé (fr)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} bileogach
• Spanish: contrachapado

Verb

laminated

1. simple past and past participle of laminate

References

• “laminated”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• almandite, amidantel, detailman