lamination

noun lam·i·na·tion \ ˌla-mə-ˈnā-shən \

Updated on: 6 May 2018

Definition of lamination

1 : the process of laminating

2 : the state of being laminated

3 : a laminated structure

4 : lamina

5 : a defect in a coin in which a layer of metal appears to have buckled or fallen off during the striking process

a lamination error

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The lamination prevents a toothlike mechanism from shredding the bill on the way out.

— vic ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, "Police say they know the identity of thief who uses bill on a string to rip off car washes," 24 Apr. 2018
The mud laminations, called varves, look like tree rings.

— nathaniel wilder, Smithsonian, "A Daring Journey Into the Big Unknown of America’s Largest National Park," 18 Apr. 2018
Even better, the shards of glass from the inner lamination wind up stuck to the membrane, keeping them from spalling away from the windshield at a high velocity, causing great havoc.

— mike allen, Popular Mechanics, "How to Repair Your Cracked Windshield," 9 Jan. 2018
Eggshell-white urethane-foam models—scanned to help create the patterns for the wood layers used in stack lamination—line shelves and lie scattered across worktables.

— mark rozzo, Esquire, "Form Follows Freedom," 24 Oct. 2017
Influenced by the Art Deco master Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, along with New Wave and Memphis, Castle banished the stack-lamination process and took up traditional joinery.

— mark rozzo, Esquire, "Form Follows Freedom," 24 Oct. 2017
Claire's technique was influenced by Pies-n-Thighs' biscuit recipe and the stacking faux-lamination from pastry chef Kierin Baldwin's pie crust recipe from The Dutch.

— alyse whitney, Bon Appetit, "These Buttermilk Biscuits Finally Made Me Feel Like a Baker," 17 Oct. 2017
But kubaneh illustrates how lamination was mastered in variations, all over the world, hundreds of years before the croissant impressed people at the 1889 Paris World’s Fair.

— tejal rao, New York Times, "Before Croissants, There Was Kubaneh, a Jewish Yemeni Delight," 22 June 2017
The basic interpretation is that the crude lamination originates from microbial mats.

— brian romans, WIRED, "Friday Field Foto #60: Chunk of microbialite in mudstone," 22 Aug. 2008

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noun lam·i·na·tion \ ˌlam-ə-ˈnā-shən \

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