Meanings
- not comparableOf fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
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 Horses1 more example
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 above...
1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow - In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers.
- not comparablebusinessIn the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
- not comparableanatomyDescribing the layer of capillaries in the choroid of the eye
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivearranged in or consisting of laminae
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”) + English -ar.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ламинарен
- ламинарен (laminaren)of fluid motion, smooth and regular
Finnish laminaarinen
- laminaarinenof fluid motion, smooth and regular
Greek ελασματώδης
- ελασματώδης (elasmatódis)of fluid motion, smooth and regular
Spanish laminar
- laminarof fluid motion, smooth and regular
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Cite this entry
laminar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laminar
“laminar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laminar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laminar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laminar.
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