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laminar

/ˈlæmɪnə/

laminar adjective: of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.

Adjective

laminar (not comparable)

  1. Of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
    • On the wall, in an ornate fixture of darkening bronze, a gas jet burned, laminar and gently singing — adjusted to what scientists of the last century called a "sensitive flame": invisible at the base, as it issues from the orifice, fading upward into smooth blue light that hovers several inches...1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
    • The laminar bands of color to the west bleeding out under the hammered clouds. A sudden violet-colored hooding of the earth.1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses
  2. In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
  3. Describing the layer of capillaries in the choroid of the eye

laminar meaning in Tamil

laminar in Tamil

அடுக்கமைவு, அடுக்காக அமைதல்

Origin of laminar

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”) + English -ar.

Words formed from laminar

Phrases with laminar

Questions about laminar

What does laminar mean?
Laminar means of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
What is laminar in Tamil?
Laminar in Tamil is அடுக்கமைவு, அடுக்காக அமைதல். See Laminar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is laminar?
Laminar is an adjective.
How do you pronounce laminar?
Laminar is pronounced /ˈlæmɪnə/.

Words near laminar in the dictionary

  1. laminal
  2. laminally
  3. laminals
  4. laminapophyses
  5. laminapophysis
  6. laminar
  7. laminar flow
  8. laminar flow hood
  9. laminar flows
  10. laminaran
  11. laminarans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laminar (page history and authors); laminar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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