| Pronunciation: | | 'lamunu
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral) |
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LAMINA is a 6 letter word that starts with L. |
| | See Also: | | lamina arcus vertebrae, plate |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lam"i*na\ (l[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]), n.; pl. L. {Lamin[ae]}
(-n[=e]) E. {Laminas} (-n[.a]z). [L. cf. {Lamella}.]
1. A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another;
-- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone
or minerals.
2. (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of
a petal or sepal of a flower. --Gray.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the
thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | 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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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Flattened part of the vertebral arch, the ring of bone which, with the vertebral body, surrounds and encloses the spinal cord within that segment of the vertebral column. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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- The blade of a leaf.
- The lamina is part of a vertebral arch.
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