Defn: A kind of fabric for women's dresses.

DELAMINATION
De*lam`i*na"tion, n. (Biol.)

Defn: Formation and separation of laminæ or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.

Note: This process consists of a concentric splitting of the cells of the blastosphere into an outer layer (epiblast) and an inner layer (hypoblast). By the perforation of the resultant two-walled vesicle, a gastrula results similar to that formed by the process of invagination.

DELAPSATION
De`lap*sa"tion, n.

Defn: See Delapsion. Ray.

DELAPSE
De*lapse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Delapsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Delapsing.]
Etym: [L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall down; de- + labi to fall
or side.]

Defn: To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.] Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton.

DELAPSION
De*lap"sion, n.

Defn: A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion.