delamination

noun

de·​lam·​i·​na·​tion (ˌ)dē-ˌla-mə-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce delamination (audio)
: separation into constituent layers
delaminate
(ˌ)dē-ˈla-mə-ˌnāt How to pronounce delamination (audio)
intransitive verb

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Looking at technical bulletins some of these screens had issues with bubbles and delamination and that could be the issue. — Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026 That interlayer doubles or even quadruples resistance to delamination. — New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026 Those delaminations deteriorated between dive 80 and dive 88, its final dive, resulting in a local buckling failure that led to the implosion. — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025 None of the parts exhibited catastrophic corner lifting or significant delamination. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for delamination

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First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of delamination was in 1877

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delamination

noun
de·​lam·​i·​na·​tion (ˌ)dē-ˌlam-ə-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce delamination (audio)
1
: separation into constituent layers
2
: gastrulation in which the endoderm is split off as a layer from the inner surface of the blastoderm and the archenteron is represented by the space between this endoderm and the yolk mass
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