different between capping vs lamination

English

Etymology

From cap +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kap??/

Verb

capping

1. present participle of cap

Noun

capping (countable and uncountable, plural cappings)

1. The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
2. (geology) the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
3. The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
4. The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
5. (mathematics) The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.
6. (Internet slang) The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.
7. The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability for easy and fast comprehension. (See also. CAPPING) Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?læm.??ne?.??n/, /?læm.??ne?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

lamination (countable and uncountable, plural laminations)

1. The process of laminating, joining together thin layers.
2. Something made by laminating.
3. (topology) A foliation of a closed subset of a manifold by subspaces of one dimension less.
4. A layer of something that is laminated.
5. (geology) A small scale sequence of fine layers that occurs in sedimentary rocks.

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• antimonial