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lamellar

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lamellar.

Editorial note

Arguably tied by the lamellar, but that just means I don't have to bother plugging it in, clipping it in place, making sure the battery is off, and then being tethered to my setup.

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Quick take

Of or pertaining to a lamella, plate-like, flat and thin.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a lamella, plate-like, flat and thin.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lamellar.

adjective

Of or pertaining to a lamella, plate-like, flat and thin.

Example sentences

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Arguably tied by the lamellar, but that just means I don't have to bother plugging it in, clipping it in place, making sure the battery is off, and then being tethered to my setup.

2

I had a deep lamellar graft 15 years ago, for keratoconus, and it wasn't painful, just uncomfortable for a while.

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- to replace anterior lamellar keratoplasty, where the anterior wall of the cornea is replaced: highly unlikely - to replace posterior lamellar keratoplasty, where the cornea lacks transparency because of inner layer cellular dysfunction: almost impossible.

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Skallagrim tested a crossbow against both a lamellar (layered metal plates) armor and a breastplate – both of admittedly low quality – against a 350lbs crossbow and a 975lbs crossbow.

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Hameroff and Penrose have proposed some possible mechanisms (e.g., dendritic lamellar bodies), but none of these have panned out experimentally; for example, the DLBs are in the wrong place.

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So then your fire resistance comes from a combination of #2 and #3: if you form a lamellar structure of the non-flammable intermetallics separating the regions of the flammable majority phase, then that may produce macroscopic fire resistance.

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And likewise, if you stamp out a few hundred identical pinky-sized stainless steel bits and used wire to make lamellar out of them, you're probably going to be better armored than the best-equipped knight was before the gunpowder age.

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Trichothecenes, symptoms: Multi-organ failure, which can commence soon after exposure (such as through drinking an infusion), particularly bone marrow failure and lamellar desquamation (shredding and reddening) of palms, soles of feet and face.

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Mimicking this structure, we developed a facile approach for substantially enhancing immunogenicity of tumor-encoding mRNA antigens in lipid particle (LP) delivery systems through formulation of multi-lamellar LP aggregates (LPA) that can simultaneously function as vaccines and as immunomodulating agents.

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Unsurprisingly then, we see from antiquity forward, efforts to armor or protect horses, called ‘barding’: defenses of thick textile, scale, lamellar, and even plate are known in various periods, though of course the more armor placed on the horse, the larger and stronger it needs to be and the slower it moves.

Quote examples

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But if you have some "secret sauce", maybe a sintering process or special heat treatment, you might be able to manipulate the lamellar structure in a desirable way and end up with a very fire-resistant alloy.

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I have the 2020 16" MacBook Pro, and I've tried the onboard mic array, AirPods (Pro and otherwise), a lamellar mike, and a Sony stereo mike that fits the hot shoe on my mirrorless camera.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use lamellar in a sentence?

Arguably tied by the lamellar, but that just means I don't have to bother plugging it in, clipping it in place, making sure the battery is off, and then being tethered to my setup.

What does lamellar mean?

Of or pertaining to a lamella, plate-like, flat and thin.

What part of speech is lamellar?

lamellar is commonly used as adjective.