membrane

1 a thin pliable sheet of material

2 a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects organs or cells of animals [syn: tissue layer]

English

Etymology

From Latin membrana "skin of body"

Noun

membrane (plural: membranes)

1. A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).
2. A mechanical membrane, a thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.

Translations

• Bosnian: membrana
• Dutch: membraan
• Finnish: kalvo
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: опна

  Roman: opna

• Swedish: membran, hinna

Italian

Noun

membrane

1. Plural of membrana

Membrane may be:

Biological membrane:

• Cell membrane
• Organelle membranes
  • Outer membrane
  • Inner membrane
• Mucous membrane
• Basement membrane
• Serous membrane

Physical science:

• Mechanical membrane:
  • Membrane (acoustics), also called diaphragm (acoustics)
• Artificial membrane
• Semipermeable membrane
• Membrane (M-Theory), mathematical construct for physics

See also

• The Membranes, band

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