Laminated

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Laminate \Lam"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laminated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Laminating}.] [See {Lamina}.]
     1. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide
        into thin plates.
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     2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
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     3. To form by uniting two or more layers (in sheet form) of a
        material, so that the layers are bonded tightly; as,
        plywood has at least three laminated layers.
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     4. To unite (layers in sheet form) by bonding, so as to
        create a single object with multiple layers; -- used with
        the material in sheet form as the object; as, to laminate
        plywood.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  laminated \lam"i*na`ted\, a.
     1. Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates,
        sheets, scales, or layers, one over another; laminate.
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     2. Hence: Constructed of thin sheets of material, bonded
        together to form a composite structure having multiple
        layers.
        [PJC]
  
     {Laminated arch} (Arch.), a timber arch made of layers of
        bent planks secured by treenails.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "laminated":
     filmy, foliaceous, foliated, in layers, lamellar, lamellate,
     lamellated, lamelliform, laminate, laminous, leaflike, leafy,
     membranous, scummy, spathic, spathose, stratified, stratiform,
     three-ply, two-ply