laminar

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laminar

  • /ˈlæmɪnə/

Where it comes from

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”) + English -ar.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers. On the wall, in an ornate fixture of darkening bronze, a gas jet burned, laminar and gently singing — adjusted to what scientists of the last century called a "sensitive flame": invisible at the base, as it issues from the orifice, fading upward into smooth blue light that hovers several inches abov
  2. not comparable In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
  3. not comparable Describing the layer of capillaries in the choroid of the eye

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adj of fluid motion, smooth and regular

Españollaminar
Ελληνικάελασματώδης elasmatódis

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MLA

"laminar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/laminar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

laminar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/laminar

Chicago

"laminar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/laminar.

BibTeX
@misc{laminar_2026,
  title = {laminar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laminar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}