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Foil vs Lamina - What's the difference?

foil | lamina | Synonyms |

Foil is a synonym of lamina.


As nouns the difference between foil and lamina

is that foil is a very thin sheet of metal or foil can be failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage or foil can be (hunting) the track of an animal while lamina is lamina.

As a verb foil

is to prevent (something) from being accomplished or foil can be (mathematics) to multiply two binomials together or foil can be (obsolete) to defile; to soil.

foil

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A particular algorithm for multiplying two binomials.

    • External links

    * (projectlink)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apply the FOIL algorithm to.

    • Anagrams

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    lamina

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A very thin layer of material.
  • (anatomy) A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra.
  • (botany) The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade.

    • Synonyms

    * (very thin layer of material) sheet * (flat part of a leaf) blade

    Derived terms

    * laminar * laminal * laminate * laminectomy * laminotomy

    Anagrams

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