lamˈinar, lamˈinary or lamˈinose adjective

1. Consisting of or like thin plates or layers
2. Of or relating to a fluid, streamlined flow

Lamināˈria noun

The tangle genus of brown seaweeds, with large expanded leathery fronds

laminārˈian adjective

lamˈinarize or lamˈinarise transitive verb

To make (a surface, etc) such that a flow over it will be laminar

lamˈinate or lamˈinated adjective

1. In laminae or thin plates
2. Consisting of scales or layers, over one another
3. Made by laminating
4. Covered by a thin layer (eg of protective material)

lamˈinate transitive verb

1. To make into a thin plate
2. To separate into layers
3. To make by bonding layers together
4. To cover with a thin layer (eg of protective material)

To separate into thin layers

A laminated plastic, or other material similarly made

lamināˈtion noun

1. Arrangement in thin layers
2. A thin layer
3. A thin, transparent protective coating, usu of plastic, esp one that covers a book jacket, certificate, menu, etc

lamˈinator noun

Someone who manufactures laminates

laminec'tomy noun

Surgical removal of a lamina

laminīˈtis noun (veterinary medicine)

Inflammation of a horse's lamina

laminar flow noun

1. Viscous flow
2. A fluid flow in which the particles move smoothly without turbulence, esp, as in aircraft, such a non-impeding flow over a streamlined surface (physics)

laminated glass noun

Safety glass

laminated plastic noun

Sheets of paper, canvas, linen or silk, impregnated with a resin, dried and bonded together, usu by means of heat and pressure