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Sheet and Lamina Definitions

Sheet

A thin rectangular piece of fabric for a bed, often used in a pair with one sheet below and one sheet above a person.

Lamina

A thin plate, sheet, or layer.

Sheet

A broad, thin, usually rectangular mass or piece of material, such as paper, metal, glass, or plywood.

Lamina

The expanded area of a leaf or petal; a blade.

Sheet

A flat or very shallow, usually rectangular pan used for baking.
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Lamina

The bladelike part of a kelp.

Sheet

A broad, flat, continuous surface or expanse
A sheet of ice.

Lamina

A thin layer of bone, membrane, or other tissue.

Sheet

A moving expanse
A sheet of flames.

Lamina

(Zoology) A thin scalelike or platelike structure, as one of the thin layers of sensitive vascular tissue in the hoof of a horse.
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Sheet

A newspaper, especially a tabloid.

Lamina

(Cytology) A thin layer inside the nuclear membrane of a cell that is composed of a meshlike network of protein fibers.

Sheet

(Computers) A single page of rows and columns constituting a subunit of a spreadsheet.

Lamina

(Geology) A narrow bed of rock.

Sheet

(Geology) A broad, relatively thin deposit or layer of igneous or sedimentary rock.

Lamina

A thin layer, plate, or scale of material

Sheet

A large block of stamps printed by a single impression of a plate before the individual stamps have been separated.

Lamina

(skeleton) either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen

Sheet

(Mathematics) A surface of revolution generated by revolving a hyperbola about one of its two symmetric axes.

Lamina

(botany) the flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet

Sheet

A rope or chain attached to one or both of the lower corners of a sail, serving to move or extend it.

Lamina

(geology) a fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks

Sheet

Sheets The spaces at either end of an open boat in front of and behind the seats.

Lamina

(zootomy) one of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof

Sheet

To cover with, wrap in, or provide with a sheet.

Lamina

A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; - said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.

Sheet

To make into sheets.

Lamina

The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.

Sheet

To flow or fall in a sheet
Rain sheeting against the windshield.

Lamina

A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.

Sheet

To extend in a certain direction. Used of the sheets of a sail.

Lamina

A thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)

Sheet

Being in the form of a sheet
Sheet aluminum.

Sheet

A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.

Sheet

A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.
A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.
Paper is designated “20 pound” if a stack (ream) of 500 sheets 22 inches by 17 inches weighs 20 pounds.

Sheet

A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.

Sheet

A thin, flat layer of solid material.
The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.
A sheet of that new silicon stuff is as good as a sheet of tinfoil to keep food from sticking in the baking pan.

Sheet

A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud!

Sheet

(nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
To be "three sheets to the wind" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by one sheet and thus the sail is useless.

Sheet

A sail.

Sheet

(curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.

Sheet

(nonstandard) A layer of veneer.

Sheet

(figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.

Sheet

(geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.

Sheet

(nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
Fore sheets; stern sheets

Sheet

A distinct level or stage within a game.

Sheet

(transitive) To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.

Sheet

(transitive) To form into sheets.

Sheet

(intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.

Sheet

(nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

Sheet

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners.
If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud meIn one of those same sheets.

Sheet

A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
To this the following sheets are intended for a full and distinct answer.

Sheet

A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; - usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.

Sheet

A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.

Sheet

To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.

Sheet

To expand, as a sheet.
The star shot flew from the welkin blue,As it fell from the sheeted sky.

Sheet

Any broad thin expanse or surface;
A sheet of ice

Sheet

Used for writing or printing

Sheet

Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs

Sheet

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape;
We will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane
Any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane

Sheet

Newspaper with half-size pages

Sheet

A flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

Sheet

(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

Sheet

A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

Sheet

Come down as if in sheets;
The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon

Sheet

Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping;
Sheet the body

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