lamina

lamina

1. a thin plate or layer, esp of bone or mineral

2. Botany the flat blade of a leaf, petal, or thallus

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lamina

[′lam·ə·nə]

(botany)

blade

(anatomy)

A thin sheet or layer of tissue; a scalelike structure.

(geology)

A thin, clearly differentiated layer of sedimentary rock or sediment, usually less than 1 centimeter thick.

(materials)

A flat or curved arrangement of unidirectional or woven fibers in a matrix.

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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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