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laminary

laminary is the alternative form of laminar.

Meaning of laminar

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
  2. In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
  3. Describing the layer of capillaries in the choroid of the eye

Forms of laminary

comparativemore laminary
superlativemost laminary

Questions about laminary

What is laminary the alternative form of?
Laminary is the alternative form of laminar.

Words near laminary in the dictionary

  1. laminarize
  2. laminarized
  3. laminarizes
  4. laminarizing
  5. laminarly
  6. laminary
  7. laminas
  8. laminaset
  9. laminasets
  10. laminate
  11. laminate flooring

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laminary (page history and authors); laminar (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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