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Definitions for layer:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Layer \Lay"er\, n. [See Lay to cause to lie flat.] 1. One who, or that which, lays. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation. [1913 Webster] 4. An artificial oyster bed. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
layer n 1: single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" [syn: bed] 2: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another 3: 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" [syn: level, stratum] 4: a hen that lays eggs 5: thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells v : make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "layer": Appleton layer, F layer, Heaviside-Kennelly layer, Van Allen belt, arrange in layers, belt, bookie, chemosphere, delaminate, desquamate, exfoliate, flake, ionosphere, isothermal region, laminate, lay down, lay up, lower atmosphere, outer atmosphere, photosphere, scale, stratify, stratosphere, stratum, substratosphere, tropopause, troposphere, upper atmosphere

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
layer protocol layer

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Layer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stratum, a layer of rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics ... Layering (clothing), the wearing of multiple layers of clothing for practical or fashion ...

Adjustment layer
Layers are used in digital image editing to separate different elements of an image. A layer can be compared to a transparency on which imaging effects or images are applied and placed...

layer - definition of layer by the Free Online Dictionary ...
a. A single thickness of a material covering a surface or forming an overlying part or segment: a layer of dust on the windowsill; a cake with four layers. ...

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