Lamina - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Lamina :  (noun)

1: a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)

Based on WordNet 2.0

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

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]:

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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