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Layer

Layer Meaning & Definition
Layer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Layer?

[n] thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
[n] a hen that lays eggs
[n] single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
[n] an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
[n] a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
[v] make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Layer: level | stratum

Related Terms | Find terms related to Layer: Appleton layer | arrange in layers | belt | bookie | chemosphere | delaminate | desquamate | exfoliate | F layer | flake | Heaviside-Kennelly layer | ionosphere | isothermal region | laminate | lay down | lay up | lower atmosphere | outer atmosphere | photosphere | scale | stratify | stratosphere | stratum | substratosphere | tropopause | troposphere | upper atmosphere | Van Allen belt

See Also | anatomical structure | asthenosphere | backing | biddy | blanket | blastoderm | blastodisc | bodily structure | body structure | chromosphere | complex body part | course | crust | Earth's crust | Earth's surface | exosphere | flat solid | form | geosphere | germinal area | germinal disc | hen | hydrosphere | hypodermis | interlayer | laminate | lift | lithosphere | lower mantle | mantle | mesosphere | mount | ozone layer | ozonosphere | part | place | ply | region | row | sheet | snow | stratosphere | stratum | structure | surface | thermosphere | tier | tropopause | troposphere | upper mantle | wall

Layer In Webster's Dictionary

\Lay"er\, n. [See {Lay} to cause to lie flat.] 1. One who, or that which, lays. 2. [Prob. a corruption of lair.] That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion. 3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation. 4. An artificial oyster bed.

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