Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Disposed in lamellæ or layers; laminar in a small way.
  • Having a lamella or lamellæ; lamellate.
  • Formed of lamellæ strengthened or covered with lamellæ): as, a lamellar skirt (a name given to the great braguette).
  • In botany, specifically, tipped with two flat lobes, as the styles of many blossoms.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellæ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to a lamella, plate-like, flat and thin.

Etymologies

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Compare French lamellaire.

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Examples

  • It seems fairly clear to me that injecting measureable amounts of CO2 into what seems to behave as a non-linear system is to increase the chances of short term lamellar flow behavior changing phase to chaotic behavior.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • It seems fairly clear to me that injecting measureable amounts of CO2 into what seems to behave as a non-linear system is to increase the chances of short term lamellar flow behavior changing phase to chaotic behavior.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • It seems fairly clear to me that injecting measureable amounts of CO2 into what seems to behave as a non-linear system is to increase the chances of short term lamellar flow behavior changing phase to chaotic behavior.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • It seems fairly clear to me that injecting measureable amounts of CO2 into what seems to behave as a non-linear system is to increase the chances of short term lamellar flow behavior changing phase to chaotic behavior.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • When a liquid flows smoothly its motion is called lamellar and its motion can be describe with a single equation.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • When a liquid flows smoothly its motion is called lamellar and its motion can be describe with a single equation.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • When a liquid flows smoothly its motion is called lamellar and its motion can be describe with a single equation.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • When a liquid flows smoothly its motion is called lamellar and its motion can be describe with a single equation.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • When a liquid flows smoothly its motion is called lamellar and its motion can be describe with a single equation.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • When a liquid flows smoothly its motion is called lamellar and its motion can be describe with a single equation.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

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