laminar

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This is seen radiographically as an increased horn-laminar zone

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  1. Composed of or disposed in laminæ, or thin plates or layers; lamellar.
  2. Having or being a lamina or laminæ; laminate.
  3. Laminar fission in geology, separation into laminæ, thin plates, or flags, parallel with the lines of stratification; lamination.

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  • Using the notion that the viscous drag on objects is scale invariant for similar Reynolds numbers, the drag on a 500: 1 scale model of a typical cantilever was compared with that of the actual cantilever drag within the Stokes regime of laminar flow. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • My problem is that I can not find a good equation for calculating the h-sub-m for the laminar boundary condition undergoing natural convection on the outside of the 3 pumped loops.
  • The balance of the increase, which is $800,000, was driven by additional interest due to the laminar debt, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania developmental loans and a demand facility which has since been extinguished with First Niagara Bank. —  Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • Near laminar air flows offer superior control of airborne pathogens • Plug and play for networking, telemedicine, and other coming • technologies 31 31 —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Water flowing from a half-open tap may have a fairly orderly, or laminar, motion. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
 

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