Definition of Lamination

1. Noun. A layered structure.

Specialized synonyms: Laminate
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Derivative terms: Laminate, Laminate

2. Noun. Bonding thin sheets together.
Generic synonyms: Creating From Raw Materials
Specialized synonyms: Veneering
Derivative terms: Laminate, Laminate

Definition of Lamination

1. n. The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.

Definition of Lamination

1. Noun. The process of laminating, joining together thin layers. ¹

2. Noun. Something made by laminating. ¹

3. Noun. (topology) A foliation of a closed subset of a manifold by subspaces of one dimension less. ¹

4. Noun. A layer of something that is laminated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lamination

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lamination

1. 1. An arrangement in the form of plates or laminae. 2. Embryotomy by removing the foetal head in slices. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamination

laminarization
laminarize
laminarly
laminary
laminas
laminate
laminated
laminated clot
laminated cortex
laminated epithelial plug
laminated epithelium
laminated thrombus
laminates
laminating
lamination
laminations
laminator
laminators
laminectomies
laminectomy
laming
lamington
lamington drive
lamington drives
lamingtons
laminiferous
laminin receptor
laminins

Literary usage of Lamination

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset by Henry Thomas De La Beche (1839)
"It would appear also that the general planes of lamination have sometimes suffered interruption from thin seams of limestone. The following (fig. ..."

2. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist, Wisconsin Geological Survey (1877)
"Fine lines of lamination are nearly everywhere to be seen, and are generally quite strikingly marked, but there is never any structure parallel to them. ..."

3. Histological Studies on the Localisation of Cerebral Function by Alfred Walter Campbell (1905)
"The precentral cell lamination as it appears in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Fig. 2. ... Cell lamination in the common temporal area. Fig. 2. ..."

4. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"Uniform Lamination.—Very fine and even lamination, free from cross-bedding and ripple-mark is often a sign of deposition under quiet conditions, ..."

5. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1903)
"The object of lamination is not solely the attainment of efficiency by the removal of a source of dissipation of energy, but is an essential condition in ..."

6. Geological History of Lake Lahontan: A Quaternary Lake of Northwestern Nevada by Israel Cook Russell (1885)
"STRATIFICATION AND Lamination. The sediments forming the upper and lower portions of the Lahontan section consist of fine, homogeneous, evenly-stratified ..."

7. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1905)
"Lamination and Stratification. Extent and Termination of Beds. Contemporaneous Erosion. ... Diagonal Lamination and Stratification. Surface- markings. ..."

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