lamella (redirected from lamellarly)

la·mel·la  (l-ml)

n. pl. la·mel·lae (-ml) or la·mel·las

A thin scale, plate, or layer of bone or tissue, as in the gills of a bivalve mollusk or around the minute vascular canals in bone.

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[Latin lmella, small thin plate, diminutive of lmina, thin plate.]

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la·mellar adj.

la·mellar·ly adv.

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lamella [ləˈmɛlə]

n pl -lae [-liː], -las

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a thin layer, plate, or membrane, esp any of the calcified layers of which bone is formed

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany

a.  any of the spore-bearing gills of a mushroom

b.  any of the membranes in a chloroplast

c.  Also called middle lamella a layer of pectin cementing together adjacent cells

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) one of a number of timber, metal, or concrete members connected along a pattern of intersecting diagonal lines to form a framed vaulted roof structure

4. any thin sheet of material or thin layer in a fluid

[New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of lāmina thin plate]

lamellar , lamellate [ˈlæmɪˌleɪt -lɪt ləˈmɛleɪt -lɪt], lamellose [ləˈmɛləʊs ˈlæmɪˌləʊs] adj

lamellarly , lamellately adv

lamellated  adj

lamellation  n

lamellosity  [ˌlæməˈlɒsɪtɪ] n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lamella - any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus gill plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
	2.	lamella - a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates tissue layer, membrane - a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
	3.	lamella - thin plate plate - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

Translations

lamella

n pl <-lae or -las> → Lamelle f