lamellar
/ləmˈɛlɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a lamella, plate-like, flat and thin.
Example Sentences
- "Like scale armor (see cat, no. 38), lamellar armor was widely used in the ancient world, possibly originating in the Near East and spreading rapidly throughout Asia. Lamellar differs from scale armor in two principal ways."
- "The term “lamellar armor” refers to a type of armor made up of horizontal rows of small overlapping plates joined by leather lacing. The individual plates are referred to as lamella (singular) and lamellae (plural), literally meaning thin plates or ..."
- "For proliferative lesions, woven bone indicates bone actively depositing at time of death. Woven bone is readily distinguished macroscopically by its finely porous appearance. Lamellar bone indicates a lesion that was no longer depositing bone at time of death. Lamellar bone deposits are more coarsely pitted/striated, and pits have rounded, remodeled edges[…]."
Etymology
Compare French lamellaire.