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Laminate v. t. (past & past part. laminated; pres. part. laminating)

To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.

To form by uniting two or more layers (in sheet form) of a material, so that the layers are bonded tightly; as, plywood has at least three laminated layers.

To unite (layers in sheet form) by bonding, so as to create a single object with multiple layers; used with the material in sheet form as the object; as, to laminate plywood.

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Etymology of 'Laminate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Laminate" Quotes from Famous Books

... for use with alternating currents, it is necessary to make a change in one respect, namely, you must so laminate the iron that internal eddy currents shall not occur; indeed, for all rapid-acting electromagnetic apparatus it is a good rule that the iron must not be solid. It is not usual with telegraphic instruments to laminate ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 • Various

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