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▪ I. laminate, a.|ˈlæmɪnət| [ad. mod.L. lāmināt-us: see next and -ate2.] Having the form of or consisting of a lamina or thin plate; furnished with a lamina or laminæ.
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §6. 128 Exanguious animals..having a broad head with two short, broad, laminate prominencies from it. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 300 Laminate Horn (Cornu laminatum), a horn dilated at its base into a flat plate. Ibid. 346 Laminate (laminatæ), when the posterior coxæ form a broad thin plate which covers the trochanter and the base of the thighs. 1852Dana Crust. i. 316 Upper finger laminate. ▪ II. laminate, v.|ˈlæmɪneɪt| [f. L. *lāmināt-, ppl. stem of *lāmināre, f. lamina: see -ate3. Cf. F. laminer, It. laminare.] 1. trans. To beat or roll (metal) into thin plates.
1666Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. 370 We take then the finest Gold we can procure, and having either Granulated it, or Laminated it, we dissolve it. 1684― Porousn. Anim. & Solid Bod. vii. 108 We took good Copper laminated to the thickness of a shilling or thereabouts. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 633 Milled lead is laminated..by means of a roller or flatting-mill. 1831J. Holland Manuf. Metal I. 122 The art of laminating ductile metal by passing it between a pair of rollers. 2. To separate or split into layers or leaves. Also intr. for refl.
1668Phil. Trans. III. 783 Very many vasa lacrymalia of Glass, which by length of time were become laminated into divers leaves. 1864Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XXV. ii. 373 When dried by exposure, it laminates like thin slate. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. ii. 19 Where stone was easily laminated, a rude drain was formed by laying large stones in the course. 3. To cover or overlay with plates (of metal).
1697Evelyn Numism. vi. 213 Laminated only with a thin Foil..of..Metal. 1869Latest News 3 Oct. 15 Gold richly laminated with flowers or texts from the Alcoran. 4. To manufacture by placing layer upon layer of material.
1858Greener Gunnery 224 My method of laminating steel. 1888Scribner's Mag. Aug. 180/2 ‘Laminating the armature core’, that is, making it up out of a great number of thin sheets of iron. 5. To unite so as to form a laminated material.
1945H. Barron Mod. Plastics xi. 238 Latterly there has been a trend to use plastic fibres for weaving into fabrics which are then laminated in the usual way. 1949B. L. Davies Technol. Plastics xiii. 238 The technique of laminating wood veneers using synthetic adhesives was developed to the stage when the very high strength bonds were sufficiently good for the manufacture of airscrews. 1955Kirk & Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. XIV. 696 These adhesives are much used for laminating metal foils to paper. 1973Daily Tel. 6 Nov. 3/6 It [sc. the glue] is used in laminating and veneering wood. Hence ˈlaminating vbl. n.
1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 406 In the operation of making it [milled lead], a laminating-roller is used. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Laminating-machine, a gold-beater's rolling-mill for reducing the ingot of gold to such a thickness that a square inch will weigh 6½ grains. 1939H. R. Simonds Industr. Plastics (1940) v. 115 The paper or other laminating material is impregnated with the varnish. 1965Guardian 31 Mar. 16/2 The British laminating trade is respected even as far away as North America for the severity of its standards. ▪ III. laminate, n.|ˈlæmɪnət| [Substantival use of the adj.] 1. A manufactured laminated structure or material, as: a. = laminated plastic; b. a fabric or a flexible packaging material consisting of two or more layers held together by an adhesive.
1939H. R. Simonds Industr. Plastics (1940) v. 118 Care must be taken to keep the steel platens free from scratches and dents, for even the most minute defect on the platen will repeat itself on the surface of the laminate. 1952Kirk & Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. VIII. 189 Paper- and fabric-base laminates have now been generally accepted as an engineering material. 1964McCall's Sewing iv. 57/2 Laminate, a layer of fabric which has been fused with a layer of foam; currently the term is widely used for fabrics fused with foam rubber. 1967Times Rev. Industry May 84/3 A host of combinations of film, foil and paper can provide the correct balance of product resistance, strength and light, vapour and moisture barrier. Such combinations, or laminates, are made possible by the availability of modern two-part adhesives. 1969W. R. R. Park Plastics Film Technol. vi. 148 For purposes of clarity, a laminate is defined as any combination of distinctly different plastic film materials or plastic plus nonplastic materials. 1970Financial Times 13 Apr. 13/8 A layer of plastic is sandwiched between thin strips of steel. This has advantages in weight and strength and can compete with other types of laminates in office partitions, gearbox casings and building cladding. 1970O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing x. 138 Another static magnetic memory is the laminated ferrite memory which consists of a laminate of a number of thin sheets. 1973Sci. Amer. July 39/1 Sandwich materials (such as plaster⁓board) and metal laminates (such as the active element of a thermostat) are constructed entirely of laminae, or layers, which taken together give the composite its form. 2. = lamination 3.
1968W. E. Willis Timber v. 100 Laminated timber can be made with the laminates either vertical or horizontal. |