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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lamina \Lam"i*na\ (l[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]), n.; pl L. {Lamin[ae]}
(-n[=e]) E. {Laminas} (-n[.a]z). [L. cf {Lamella}.]
1. A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another;
-- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone
or minerals.
2. (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of
a petal or sepal of a flower. --Gray.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the
thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
LAMINA
A {concurrent} {object-oriented} language.
["Experiments with a Knowledge-based System on a
Multiprocessor", Third Intl Conf Supercomputing Proc, 1988].
["ELINT in LAMINA, Application of a Concurrent Object
language", Delagi et al KSL-88-3, Knowledge Sys Labs,
Stanford U].
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