layer
noun
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface.
Example Sentences
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The agency said federal regulations allow sunroofs to be made with tempered glass, which must break into gravel-like pieces, or laminated glass, where pieces stay stuck to a plastic interlayer instead of scattering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Through advanced atomic-scale measurements and calculations, the team found that these interlayer transition metal ions act as a "cap" above or below the honeycomb structure, preventing cation migration and maintaining stability.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2023
These excitations are sensitive to interlayer couplings that alter the symmetries of the stack.
From Nature ● Mar. 4, 2018
Since birds see on a different spectrum than humans, she says GlasPro adds an ultraviolet interlayer to the window that enables birds to see a pattern and avoid a collision.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 21, 2015
The John Klein smectite has basal spacing of ~10 angstroms, indicating little interlayer hydration.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 23, 2014
