Recent Examples on the WebFor those of us who are not Oreo scientists, delamination is when something splits apart into layers. Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 19 Apr. 2022 Best of all, there’s no glue in the build, so delamination just won’t happen.Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2022 But delamination of the timbers due to poor quality glue and/or assembly can degrade their fire performance, as was seen in 2018. Louis Gritzo, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021 Watch out for delamination on the doors and exterior roof caps too. Benjamin Hunting, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2021 That means no painting, cracking, delamination or peeling.cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020 Instead, players have turned to maple for reasons that range from audible satisfaction to Barry Bonds’ example to delamination. Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 14 June 2018 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
delamination
noun
de·lam·i·na·tion (ˌ)dē-ˌlam-ə-ˈnā-shən
1
: separation into constituent layers
2
: gastrulation in which the endoderm is split off as a layer from the inner surface of the blastoderm and the archenteron is represented by the space between this endoderm and the yolk mass