layer

Definitions

General English

• noun an amount of a substance that lies on a flat surface

General Science

• noun one of several or more horizontal parts

Agriculture

• noun a flat area of a substance under or over another area
• noun a stem of a plant which has made roots where it touches the soil
• verb to propagate a plant by bending a stem down until it touches the soil and letting it form roots there

Aviation

• noun one horizontal part
• noun a thickness of something

Computing

• noun ISO/OSI standards defining the stages a message has to pass through when being transmitted from one computer to another over a local area network

Electronics

• A defined thickness which is part of a material, or which surrounds it. For example, an atmospheric or ionospheric layer, a layer in a semiconductor, or that produced through plating.
• In communications and computers, a defined set of capabilities, functions, and protocols which pertain to a given stratum within a hierarchical arrangement. For instance, any of the seven layers within OSI Reference Model.

Food

• noun a flat mass of food under or over another mass
• noun a bird that is laying eggs

Media Studies

• noun an audio track that can be played ‘on top of’ another, such as a spoken piece played over background music, to create a complete soundtrack
• verb to put together different audio tracks to create a complete soundtrack

Publishing

• noun a thin film of a substance
• noun an employee who feeds the sheets through a press

Nearby Definitions of “layer”

• launch
• lavatory
• law
• Law of Demand
• lay
• layer
• lead
• leader
• leading edge
• leaf
• leak

Contexts for “layer”

16 definitions in context
• General English
• General Science
• Agriculture
• Aviation
• Computing
• Electronics
• Food
• Media Studies
• Publishing