meaning of lamina

1. A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
2. The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
3. A thin plate or scale; specif. , one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
4. 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]. lamp-post error fencepost error LAN local area network LAN administrator A person who installs and maintains LAN hardware and software. A LAN administrator troubleshoots network usage and computer peripherals. He installs new users, performs system backups and data recovery, and resolves LAN communications problems.
5. a thin plate or layer especially of bone or mineral

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