lamellar

American  

[luh-mel-er, lam-uh-ler] / ləˈmɛl ər, ˈlæm ə lər /

adjective

1. referring to a lamella or lamellae.

2. lamellate.

3. noting a type of armor composed of small plates or lames laced together.

4. Mathematics. conservative.

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Other Word Forms

• interlamellar adjective
• lamellarly adverb
• multilamellar adjective

Etymology

Origin of lamellar

First recorded in 1785–95; lamell(a) + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

NCM is a mixed oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese in a lamellar structure.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2024

Moreover, because the dC5 MFI nanosheets are made by direct synthesis, they do not suffer from the fragmentation caused during exfoliation of the lamellar precursors.

From Nature • Mar. 14, 2017

Grumbles from trucks and cabs would shudder through the toxic ground, tickle the lamellar corpuscles in your feet and ricochet up your bones.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2017

I have lamellar ichthyosis, a genetic disorder which manifests itself in scales not just on my face, arms, hands — which she could see — but over my whole body.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2016

This tertiary stratum is composed of alternate beds of calcareous conglomerate, compact limestone, marl, and clay, containing selenite and lamellar gypsum.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Humboldt, Alexander von