Laminate
['læmɪneɪt] or ['læmɪnət]
Definition
(noun.) a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers.
(verb.) split (wood) into thin sheets.
(verb.) cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material; 'laminate the table'.
(verb.) press or beat (metals) into thin sheets.
(verb.) create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material.
Checker: Raymond--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
(v. t.) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
(v. t.) To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
(v. i.) To separate into laminae.
Checked by Dora
Examples
- By such practical methods Edison found that the thin, laminated cores of sheet iron gave the least heat, and had the least amount of wasteful eddy currents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The laminated iron core of the armature, formed of thin iron disks, was 33 3/4 inches long, and had an internal diameter of 12 1/2 inches, and an external diameter of 26 7/16 inches. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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