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.