membrane
/ˈmɛm.bɹeɪn/
membrane noun: a mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
Noun
membrane (countable and uncountable, plural membranes)
- A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
- A flexible or semiflexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
- The animal was breathing oxygen that permeated from the water through panels of membrane while carbon dioxide and other unwanted gases moved in the opposite direction—from the animal's enclosed atmosphere into the water.1964 October 2, “SYNTHETIC FILM CAN ACT AS GILL; Silicone Rubber Membrane Is Announced by G. E.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
- Then they backed the membrane with a gel matrix containing a perfluorocarbon (PFC) propellant and fluorescent "nanobullets" about a micron wide, and hit it with ultrasound.2016 January 14, Jessica Hall, “Nanoengineers build 'microcannons' that fire light-up bullets filled with drugs”, in ExtremeTech
- A microscopic double layer of lipids and proteins forming the boundary of cells or organelles.
- A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.
membrane meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
membrane in Hindi
- enclosing or separating tissue
- झिल्ली jhillī
- flexible covering
- झिल्ली jhillī
membrane in Tamil
- சவ்வு, மென்தோல், மென்படலம், மென்றகடு, திரை, மெல்லிய தோல்
membrane in Marathi
- झिल्ली
membrane in Urdu
- enclosing or separating tissue
- پردہ parda
More languagesFewer languages
- membrane in Bengali
- পর্দা porda
- membrane in Telugu
- పొర pora
- membrane in Malayalam
- ചർമ്മം caṟmmaṁ, പടലം paṭalaṁ
- membrane in Kannada
- ಒಳಚರ್ಮ, ಪೊರೆ, ಪದರ, ತೆಳುತೊಗಲು
- membrane in Punjabi
- ਪਰਦਾ pardā
- membrane in Gujarati
- પટલ, મેમ્બ્રેન
- membrane in Odia
- ଝିଲ୍ଲି, ମେମ୍ବ୍ରେନ୍, ଝିଲ୍ଲୀ
- membrane in Nepali
- झिल्ली, मेम्ब्रेन
- membrane in Tagalog
- lamad, bamban
- membrane in Arabic
- غِشَاء ḡišāʔ
- membrane in Malay
- kulipis
- membrane in Indonesian
- membran
- membrane in Persian
- شامه šāme, غشا ġešâ
- membrane in Thai
- เยื่อ yʉ̂ʉa, เนื้อเยื่อ nʉ́ʉa-yʉ̂ʉa
- membrane in Vietnamese
- màng
Examples of membrane in a sentence
- The protein was relocalized to the membrane.
- Lymphadenoid tissue includes the lymph glands, spleen, bone marrow, and tonsils, and the lymphatic tissue of the organs and mucous membranes.
- Epidermolysis bullosa is a group of mainly inherited connective tissue diseases that cause blisters in the skin and mucous membranes.
Forms of membrane
| plural | membranes |
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Origin of membrane
Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin membrāna (“skin or membrane that covers parts of the body”), from membrum (“a limb or member of the body”) + -āna. Doublet of membrana.
Words formed from membrane
- antiglomerular basement membrane disease
- biomembrane
- Bruch's membrane
- cell membrane
- collodion membrane
- complement membrane attack complex
- cytomembrane
- cytoplasmic membrane
- demembranated
- endomembrane
- exomembrane
- extramembrane
- geomembrane
- hemimembrane
- hyaline membrane disease
- ice dam membrane
- insane in the membrane
- integral membrane protein
- intermembrane
- intramembrane
- juxtamembrane
- membranaceous
- membranal
- membranate
- membrane attack complex
- membrane bone
- membrane-bone
- membranectomy
- membraned
- membrane distillation
- membrane evaporation
- membrane filtration
- membrane keyboard
- membraneless
- membranelike
- membrane mimetic chemistry
- membraneous
- membrane potential
- membrane protein
- membrane separation
- membranic
- membraniferous
- membraniform
- membranized
- membranoid
- membranology
- membranome
- membranopathy
- membranophone
- membranosome
- membranotropic
- membranotropism
- membranous
- micromembrane
- monomembrane
- mucus membrane
- multimembrane
- mycomembrane
- nanomembrane
- neomembrane
Phrases with membrane
- membrane bones
- mucous membrane
- plasma membrane
- serous membrane
- Zinn's membrane
- hyaloid membrane
- Jacob's membrane
- nuclear membrane
- aperture membrane
- basement membrane
- cyclitic membrane
- membrane proteins
25 more phrasesFewer phrases
- ruptured membrane
- synovial membrane
- tympanic membrane
- virginal membrane
- membrane keyboards
- nictating membrane
- tectorial membrane
- Descemet's membrane
- haptogenic membrane
- membrane potentials
- Reissner's membrane
- single-ply membrane
- thyrohyoid membrane
- membrane separations
- nictitating membrane
- Schneiderian membrane
- ion-selective membrane
- membrane distillations
- protected membrane roof
- protected membrane roofs
- membrane attack complexes
- integral membrane proteins
- peripheral membrane protein
- peripheral membrane proteins
- complement membrane attack complexes
Words that rhyme with membrane
- transmembrane
- biomembrane
- cytomembrane
- endomembrane
- exomembrane
- extramembrane
- geomembrane
- hemimembrane
- intermembrane
- intramembrane
- juxtamembrane
- micromembrane
11 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about membrane
- What does membrane mean?
- Membrane means a mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
- What is membrane in Hindi?
- Membrane in Hindi is झिल्ली (jhillī). See Membrane meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is membrane?
- Membrane is a noun.
- How do you pronounce membrane?
- Membrane is pronounced /ˈmɛm.bɹeɪn/.
- What is the plural of membrane?
- The plural of membrane is membranes.
Words near membrane in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: membrane (page history and authors); membrane (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); membrane (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); পর্দা (Bengali) (page history and authors); membrane (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪਰਦਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); membrane (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); membrane (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); membrane (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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