Trilaminar
/traɪˈlæmɪnər/noun
Having three layers or laminae.
Did you know?The core of *trilaminar* is Latin *lamina* (“thin plate, layer”), the same root that gave English *laminate* and *lamina*, so the word is basically a precise scientific way of saying “three plates stacked together.”
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
lamina
“a thin plate, sheet, or layer”
Late Latin
Latin
lamināris
“of or pertaining to a layer or plate”
Latin
Latin
tri-
“three”
19th Century
English
trilaminar
“having three layers or laminae”
Modern English
English
trilaminar
“having three distinct layers”