laminar

Etymology

From Latin lamina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæmɪnə/

Adjective

laminar (not comparable)

1. Of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:

     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 above...

   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses:

     The laminar bands of color to the west bleeding out under the hammered clouds. A sudden violetcolored hooding of the earth.

2. In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers.
   1. (electronics) In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible.

Anagrams

• alarmin, malarin, railman

Verb

laminar (first-person singular present indicative lamino, past participle laminado)

1. to laminate

Adjective

laminar (plural laminares)

1. laminar

Verb

laminar (first-person singular present lamino, first-person singular preterite laminé, past participle laminado)

1. to laminate