Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of splitting or separating a laminate into layers.
- noun Embryology The splitting of the blastoderm into two layers of cells to form a gastrula.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A splitting apart in layers; a laminar dehiscence: a term specifically applied in embryology to the splitting of a primitively single-layered blastoderm into two layers of cells, thus producing a two-layered germ without invagination, embolism, or proper gastrulation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) Formation and separation of laminæ or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
separation of thelayers of alaminar composite material as a result of repeated stress, or failure of the adhesive - noun biology The formation of a
gastrula by the splitting of theblastoderm
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It was also shown that what is called delamination -- the rise of the two primary germinal layers by the folding of the surface of the blastoderm (for instance, in the Geryonidae and other medusae) -- was a secondary formation, due to cenogenetic variations from the original invagination of the blastula.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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[14] In most vertebrated animals this process of gastrulation has been more or less superseded by another, which is called delamination; but it scarcely seems necessary for our present purposes to describe the latter.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871
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Boeing said this month it found a process called "delamination" on part of the rear fuselage of its carbon-composite 787 Dreamliner, a red flag somewhat akin to the cracking on a metal structure, but harder to detect.
Reuters: Top News 2012
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Boeing said this month it found a process called "delamination" on part of the rear fuselage of its carbon-composite 787 Dreamliner, a red flag somewhat akin to the cracking on a metal structure, but harder to detect.
Reuters: Top News 2012
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Rival Boeing said this month it found a process called "delamination" on part of the rear fuselage of its carbon-composite 787 Dreamliner, somewhat akin to the cracking on a metal structure, but harder to detect.
Reuters: Top News 2012
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Some specialists say the memory cards and chips should dry gradually, over several days, to prevent delamination—separation into layers—or other internal damage.
Investigators Hopeful on Black Boxes Daniel Michaels 2011
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The FAA, on other hand, said composites may be prone to chemical changes, delamination of internal layers and seepage of water or other fluids inside the structure, potentially causing damage as a result of freeing and melting.
FAA Sets Mandatory Retirement Dates for Jets Andy Pasztor 2010
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Solar panel delamination and power storage costs are killers in hot areas.
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Any delamination issues or other things I should know before taking the plunge?
PAPERSTONE & RICHLITE: From Countertop to Half Pipe! | Inhabitat 2006
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Any contamination there or any procedures that are not correctly done could create either delamination, separations or defects.
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