lamellar

American  

[luh-mel-er, lam-uh-ler] / ləˈmɛl ər, ˈlæm ə lər /

adjective

1. referring to a lamella or lamellae.

2. lamellate.

3. noting a type of armor composed of small plates or lames laced together.

4. Mathematics. conservative.

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Other Word Forms

• interlamellar adjective
• lamellarly adverb
• multilamellar adjective

Etymology

Origin of lamellar

First recorded in 1785–95; lamell(a) + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

This results in a new NCM lamellar framework with included lithium ions, which can be used as a high-quality electrode material.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2024

Moreover, because the dC5 MFI nanosheets are made by direct synthesis, they do not suffer from the fragmentation caused during exfoliation of the lamellar precursors.

From Nature • Mar. 14, 2017

Grumbles from trucks and cabs would shudder through the toxic ground, tickle the lamellar corpuscles in your feet and ricochet up your bones.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2017

I have lamellar ichthyosis, a genetic disorder which manifests itself in scales not just on my face, arms, hands — which she could see — but over my whole body.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2016

At the present time its only competitor is Strasburger's lamellar theory, and even this has not superseded Nägeli's work to any great degree.

From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von