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Lamina vs Laminable - What's the difference?

lamina | laminable |

As a noun lamina

is lamina.

As an adjective laminable is

capable of being split into laminae, or thin plates.

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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    laminable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being split into laminae, or thin plates.
    • Mica is laminable .
    When a body can be readily extended in all directions under the hammer, it is said to be malleable; and when into fillets under the rolling press, it is said to be laminable . — Ure.
    (Webster 1913)