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ground layer

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noun

  1. See layer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Many paintings from the early 1500s, including the "Mona Lisa," were painted on wooden panels that required a thick, "ground layer" of paint to be laid down before artwork was added.

From Science Daily Oct. 11, 2023

“In this case, it’s interesting to see that indeed there is a specific technique for the ground layer of ‘Mona Lisa,’” he said in an interview with The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times Oct. 11, 2023

On land, thawing permafrost - a ground layer that remains frozen - threatens to damage infrastructure such as roads, building foundations and runways, a June 2022 report by the Canadian Climate Institute said.

From Reuters Jul. 28, 2022

The structure of a boreal forest is often only a tree layer and a ground layer.

From Textbooks Sep. 6, 2018

A purported Rothko from 1956, which sold for $8.3m, used a ground layer of white paint between the canvas and the oils; through that decade, though, Rothko had used a transparent ground layer.

From The Guardian Jun. 15, 2018

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