laminaladj.
/ˈlamɪnəl/ a. Formed into laminæ; laminar.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > having form of thin plate or layer
leaved1559
laminate1668
lamelliform1819
laminal1825
laminiform1834
laminar1845
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 727 Until the whole be precipitated upon the zinc, which will assume the form of a tree or bush, whose leaves and branches are laminal, or plates of a metallic lustre.
b. Phonetics. Produced by the blade of the tongue.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [adjective] > lingual > by parts of tongue
apicial1836
apical1899
dorsal1933
laminal1956
1956 C. F. Hockett in Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Ling. XXII. 202/1 In all the Central Algonquian dialects..there is..an apical or laminal affricate /c/. The affricate is laminal, with hushing offglide, in those languages..which distinguish two spirants.
1964 P. Ladefoged Phonetic Study W. Afr. Lang. iv. 19 There are clear differences in the formant transitions which are due to using the blade as opposed to the tip of the tongue in the (laminal) denti-alveolar as opposed to the apical alveolar articulations.
1966 M. Pei Gloss. Ling. Terminol. Laminal, pertaining to the blade (upper front surface) of the tongue; sometimes applied to palatal phonemes ([ʃ], [ʒ], [č] or [tʃ], [ǧ] or [dʒ], [j]).
1968 N. Chomsky & M. Halle Sound Pattern Eng. vii. 313 The difference characterized by distributed versus nondistributed does not correspond precisely to the distinction between laminal and apical.
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