Crossword clues for laminae
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
(Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
--Gray.(Zo["o]l.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
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WordNet
n. a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
[also: laminae (pl)]
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Usage examples of "laminae".
The laminae, for example, won't be removable, which requires you to keep the servos and nanocomputer, as well.
The servos and ceramic laminae are going to be with me the rest of my life, and I've long since gotten used to them.
The truth is that, aside from the skeletal laminae and servos, all I have is the nanocomputer-which hasn't got much to do now except run the servos-and two small lasers in my little fingers, which they couldn't remove without amputation.
I'm sure you know about the ceramic laminae and servo network and all.
Servos and bone laminae were all well and good, but a trick like that could hardly be learned overnight.
The truth is that, aside from the skeletal laminae and servos, all I have is the nanocomputer—which hasn't got much to do now except run the servos—and two small lasers in my little fingers, which they couldn't remove without amputation.
The ceramic laminae coating Justin's bones, the implanted weaponry, servos, and joint strengtheners—after twenty-eight years his body was beginning to react to all of it, precipitating the arthritis and anemia that would, a decade or two from now, bring his life to a premature end.
The ceramic laminae coating Justin's bones, the implanted weaponry, servos, and joint strengtheners-after twenty-eight years his body was beginning to react to all of it, precipitating the arthritis and anemia that would, a decade or two from now, bring his life to a premature end.
The truth is that, aside from the skeletal laminae and servos, all I have is the nanocomputerwhich hasn't got much to do now except run the servosand two small lasers in my little fingers, which they couldn't remove without amputation.
The computer, and the bone-strengthening laminae, and the servo motor network, and the lasers, and the sonics.
Fortunately, the skeletal laminae had made his bones virtually unbreakable, which meant that this time he'd get away with only bruises.
The breastbone which, coated with ceramic laminae, was functionally unbreakable.