laminar adjective. ['lamɪnǝ] E19.
[from LAMINA + -AR¹.]
1. Consisting of or arranged in laminae. E19.

2. Physics. Of the flow of a fluid: smooth and regular, not turbulent, the direction of motion at any point remaining constant as if the fluid were moving in a series of layers of different velocity sliding over one another without mixing. L19.
b. Of a body: having a shape that tends to produce laminar flow in the adjacent fluid. M20.

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