Lamina
Lam´i`na Pronunciation: lăm´ĭ`nå
| n. | 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. | (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. | |
| 3. | (Zool.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather. |
| Noun | 1. |  lamina - a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral) |
| 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]. |