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

Sometimes 584 the striae on crystal-faces are due to repeated lamellar twinning, as in the plagioclase felspars.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various