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- noun anatomy Plural form of
lamina .
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Examples
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We know that if we pour selenium on to mica, and if we try to tear off this mica, thin laminae of mica remain adhering to the selenium.
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You know the properties of thin laminae: each ray reflected from such a lamina is formed by the superposition of a ray reflected from the front side of the lamina on a ray reflected from the rear side.
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In most other snail species, the apertural teeth and laminae, when they are present, begin to develop as a snail approaches maturity.
Archive 2009-07-01 AYDIN 2009
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In most other snail species, the apertural teeth and laminae, when they are present, begin to develop as a snail approaches maturity.
Ventridens suppressus AYDIN 2009
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The Romans took many gold swords and gold belts set with pearls, and the shield of Razates, which was all of gold and had 120 laminae, and his gold breastplate; and they brought in his caftan together with his head, and his bracelets and his gold saddle.
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Massive ventrolaterally projecting flanges projected from the bottom surface of the specimen: they were highly similar to the hypertrophied centroparapophyseal laminae regarded by Wedel et al. (2000a) as diagnostic for Sauroposeidon.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Massive ventrolaterally projecting flanges projected from the bottom surface of the specimen: they were highly similar to the hypertrophied centroparapophyseal laminae regarded by Wedel et al. (2000a) as diagnostic for Sauroposeidon.
‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part I Darren Naish 2006
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Bony struts, called laminae, divide the fossae and connect the main ‘landmarks’ of the bone (such as the pre - and postzygapophyses), and each of these laminae has a name.
‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part II Darren Naish 2006
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The thing was a complex mess of bony laminae and concavities (termed fossae), few of which were symmetrical when you compared the two sides.
‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part I Darren Naish 2006
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The thing was a complex mess of bony laminae and concavities (termed fossae), few of which were symmetrical when you compared the two sides.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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