laminationn.
/ˌlamᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌlæməˈneɪʃən/ 1.
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a. The action of laminating or beating metal into thin plates. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
b. ‘In Midwifery, applied to the method of reducing the size of the skull in embryotomy by cutting it into slices’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1888).
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1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Lamination, a beating into a Lamina.
c. The process of uniting two or more layers of material so as to form a laminated material or object; the manufacture of laminates.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [noun] > layered arrangement > laying up a layered structure
leafage1833
lay-up1942
lamination1945
1945 H. Barron Mod. Plastics xii. 259 Low pressure lamination is now a very popular technique.
1945 H. Barron Mod. Plastics xii. 269 The continuous lamination of veneers into tubing and ducts by the winding method.
1952 J. P. Casey Pulp & Paper II. xx. 1211 The lamination of metal foil to sulfite paper in the manufacture of candy or gum wrappers.
1967 Times Rev. Industry May 84/3 No plastic film is outstanding for all requirements but the lamination of, say, cellulose film and polypropylene provides a combination of properties not otherwise attainable.
1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts xvii. 219 As far back as the sixteenth century..a Manchester bowyer, one Kelsall, laid a strip of ash along the belly of his bows and so became a pioneer of lamination.
2. The condition of being laminated; arrangement in laminæ; laminated structure.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [noun] > layered arrangement > condition of having layered structure
lamination1830
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 205 The lamination of some of the concentric masses of San Filippo is so minute, that sixty may be counted in the thickness of an inch.
1845 R. B. Todd & W. Bowman Physiol. Anat. I. 120 The lamination of bone.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxi. 148 Near to the moraine..a magnificent lamination was developed.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 53 Its grey matter however is considerable in quantity, owing to its transverse lamination.
3. Any of the layers of a laminated material or object.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [noun] > one of a series of
stage1837
lamination1858
ply1901
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > [noun] > layer
lamin1489
lamina1656
ply1901
lamination1905
laminate1968
1858 A. Geikie Story of Boulder xi. 226 A few thin laminations of coal.
1905 S. P. Thompson Dynamo-electr. Machinery (ed. 7) II. iii. 173 A laminated ring core built up of segmental laminations.
1920 Whittaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket-bk. (ed. 4) 241 Many [transformer] makers prefer laminating the conductor, and, of course, insulating each lamination.
1940 ‘Plastes’ Plastics in Industry v. 59 Another form of laminated product, that made up of laminations of wood, should be especially attractive to the engineering world.
1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts xvii. 218 The bows are built up with laminations of various woods and glass-fibre.
1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xiii. 171/1 [Sedimentary] laminations are defined as layers less than 1 cm in thickness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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