Synonyms for membrane
ˈmɛm breɪnmem·brane

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1. membranenoun

   a thin pliable sheet of material

   Synonyms:
   tissue layer

2. membrane, tissue layernoun

   a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants

   Synonyms:
   tissue layer

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1. List of paraphrases for "membrane":

   membranes, membranous, liner, diaphragm, membrane-bound, transmembrane, lining

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1. membrane

   Synonyms:
   Obstetrics Membranes

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1. Peter Holme Jensen:

   It is essentially the mechanism that allows water to cross the cell membrane of living cells.

2. James Cooper:

   The membrane tensioning phase of sunshield deployment is especially challenging because there are complex interactions between the structures, the tensioning mechanisms, the cables and the membranes, this was the hardest part to test on the ground, so it feels awesome to have everything go so well today.

3. Andrew Lane:

   Your whole nose is lined with mucous membranes ... and in the upper part of the nose, there's this very specialized mucous membrane, and that's where you sense smells. And this is really a unique kind of tissue in the body, first of all, it's the only place in the body where a neuron that's coming from the brain directly contacts the outside world … and the part that sticks out in the environment can is what actually can detect an [odor molecule]. … And then and then it sends a signal like straight to the brain.

4. Robert Bleischwitz:

   In cases where the flow is at higher risk of detaching from the surface; so your vehicle has a risk to sag down, to fall down. In that period a membrane wing can keep it afloat because the dynamics in the surface trigger vortices which roll down the wing, and these vortices produce lift. So you can use this vortex generation to produce lift. And you need the membrane to excite, generate these vortices.

5. Thomas Steinemann:

   Conjunctiva is modified mucus membrane, like the inside of your mouth or the inside of your nose or nasal cavity and pharynx, it's moist and nice and hospitable for viruses, in fact there's lots of organisms that can stick very readily to Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva, or for that matter, stick on a contact lens that is also resting on Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva.