lamination

From laminate + -ion.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌlæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, /ˌlæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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lamination (countable and uncountable, plural laminations)

1. The process of laminating, joining together thin layers.
2. Something made by laminating.
3. (topology) A foliation of a closed subset of a manifold by subspaces of one dimension less.
4. A layer of something that is laminated.
   • 1960 February, “High-Voltage Electric Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 125:

     These screens incorporate a layer of transparent gold film in the laminations which forms an electric heating element to act as de-icer and de-mister.

5. (geology) A small scale sequence of fine layers that occurs in sedimentary rocks.

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