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- s arranged in or consisting of laminae
- Pfenninger worked on his LFC (laminar flow control) wing for 23 years before perfecting its closely packed slits that are only a few thousandths of an inch wide.
- NACA's engineers have succeeded in designing a wing which has laminar flow over virtually its entire surface.
- The remaining air would glide past the whole wing in smooth "laminar flow" (see diagram).