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lamella

[luh-mel-uh] / ləˈmɛl ə /




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Its design, by Barcelona-based firm Barozzi Veiga, features a brick lamella facade that calls to mind an old radiator.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2023

The white matter lies in the interior of the organ, and extends into the core of each lamella.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The hyphae will also dissolve their way through a lamella of collodion, paraffin, parchment paper, elder-pith, or even cork or the wing of a fly, to do which it must excrete very different enzymes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

A little earth was taken from the crack, and the Protuberans lamella, the Gemiasma rubra and verdans found were beautiful and well developed.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various

Etym., lamella, the diminutive of lamina, plate, and fero, to bear.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

Remoras use lamellae, slatlike bones encased in soft tissue, and spinules, rows of hard teethlike tissue to create tight suction.

From Science Magazine ● May 19, 2022

But the disk couldn’t suction with individual lamellae, making it vulnerable to falling off.

From Science Magazine ● May 19, 2022

Potassium feldspar does not exhibit twinning or striations but may show linear features called exsolution lamellae, also known as perthitic lineation or simply perthite.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

Lacunae are wide spaces in the rings between the lamellae.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

The mechanic cause is the presence of air between the lamellae of the affected parts, but their origin is unknown.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle




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