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Lamina : (noun) 1: a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Lamina : \Lam"i*na\ (l[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]), n.; pl. L. Lamin[ae]
(-n[=e]) E. Laminas (-n[.a]z). [L. cf. Lamella.]
1. A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another;
-- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone
or minerals.
2. (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of
a petal or sepal of a flower. --Gray.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the
thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Lamina :
A concurrent object-oriented language.
["Experiments with a Knowledge-based System on a
Multiprocessor", Third Intl Conf Supercomputing Proc, 1988].
["ELINT in LAMINA, Application of a Concurrent Object
language", Delagi et al, KSL-88-3, Knowledge Sys Labs,
Stanford U].
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Lamina : Lamina: A plate or layer. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae, usually just called the lamina, are plates of bone in each vertebral body.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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