laminar
IPA: ɫˈæmɪnɝ
adjective
- Of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
- In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers.
- (electronics) In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
- (anatomy) Describing the layer of capillaries in the choroid of the eye
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Examples of "laminar" in Sentences
- The P-51/F-51 was the first aircraft to employ the NACA’s so-called laminar flow airfoil and could dive to around Mach 0.8.
- She found that property one windy day, when she was driving west from Laramie and "the sky was filled with stretched-out laminar wave clouds."
- (18-23 miles) per hour -- the airflow becomes smooth, or "laminar," which instantly boosts the air's braking effect, sometimes by as much as 150 percent.
- ROSS: We use what we call a laminar flow, a very smooth flow that's very close to the surface of the orbiter's underbelly to provide additional insulation.
- But driving from Laramie to Centennial on a windy day when the sky was filled with stretched-out laminar wave clouds I saw to the west, in the direction of the distant property, one cloud in the shape of an immense bird, the head and beak, the breast looming over the Rockies.
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