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lâmina — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blade noun The flat, sharp-edged cutting part of a knife, sword, or similar tool.
  • gill noun The breathing organ on the side of a fish or other water-dwelling animal, used to take oxygen from the water.
  • sheet noun A large piece of thin cloth used to cover a mattress or bed.
  • slide verb To move smoothly along a surface while staying in contact with it.

Senses

lâmina is used for these senses in English:

  • blade The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
  • blade Thin plate, foil.
  • blade (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
  • gill (mycology) One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs.
  • sheet A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
  • slide (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.

blade — full definition

  1. noun The flat, sharp-edged cutting part of a knife, sword, or similar tool.
  2. noun A flat, thin part shaped like a cutting blade, such as of a fan, propeller, oar, or grass.
  3. verb To skate using inline skates ("rollerblades").

gill — full definition

  1. noun The breathing organ on the side of a fish or other water-dwelling animal, used to take oxygen from the water.
  2. noun One of the thin, blade-like ridges under a mushroom cap that release its spores.
  3. noun A small unit of liquid measure for spirits, roughly a quarter of a pint (the exact amount varies by country).
  4. verb To remove the gills and guts from a fish while preparing it.

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