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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lamina \Lam"i*na\ (l[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]), noun; 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lamina
noun: a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral) [also: {laminae} (pl)]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
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].
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