layering
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈleɪərɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
estratificación
- Saunders' own specialty is stratigraphy—the analysis of the layering of materials on a planetary surface in order to deduce its history.
- variation in the layering
- see the layering
You know, guys, we were peeling back layers of this onion today.
- You know, guys, we were peeling back layers of this onion today.
- So I'm just going to apply a pretty even layer of foundation all over my face.
- He will peel away the different layers and get to the core of a topic.
- You can see it's getting every layer pretty quickly.
- It really is another layer to your whole makeup game.
- I can't believe there wasn't that extra layer that said, gosh, this is tough.
- Lots of layers took me a while to peel back stuff.
Examples
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The layering of the wall is, perhaps, more noticeable in the side elevations because the juxtaposition occurs twice within each vertical bay.
Academic text (1990) -
I feel like an archaeologist who's discovered a layer of sediment.
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This layering occurs because of the large difference in temperatures between the surface and the bottom of a lake that occurs each fall.
Blog text (22) -
If you dig a pit into the snow, you can read the different layers to understand its past.
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And then the entire role is packed up in multiple layers of bubble wrap.
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So like I was saying, not all rock layers erode equally.
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But a separate line of evidence, based on the rock layering in the cave, suggested that the bone was 30,000 to 50,000 years old.
Blog text (18) -
It was easy to see the layering of successively darker materials that had formed the central planitia, and in the distance, bright rays could be made out where they mantled the bed-ice.
Fiction book (1990) -
The different layering in the rock strata indicates how the landscape has changed over millions of years.
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Archaeologists study the layering of sediment to uncover clues about ancient civilizations.
Synonyms
2
5.0
A process of joining thin layers of material together to protect or make them stronger
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7.2
Layers that form in rock, soil, or water
A rule that rock layers have the oldest at the bottom and newer ones above
Antonyms
How Layered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Layering comes from lay 'to put down' and describes how materials are placed over time. Rocks, soil, and ice are formed by things being 'laid down' in thin sheets, so the visible bands in a cliff or core are called layers.