multilayered

[muhl-tee-ley-erd, muhl-tahy-, muhl-tee-ley-erd, muhl-tahy-]

adjective

1. having two or more layers.

2. offering several viewpoints, solutions, degrees of complexity, etc..

   the multilayered problem of urban development.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multilayered¹

First recorded in 1930–35; multi- + layer + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The award honored their foundational work on neural networks, multilayered systems that underlie many powerful AI systems, from OpenAI’s chatbots to self-driving cars.

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The nation’s multilayered historical background has been variously stamped by a basic Arabic heritage, ineradicable remnants of protracted Ottoman Turkish rule and the long arm of the British colonial empire.

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The solutions span from multilayered air-defense systems to civilian target practice against drones.

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Alma’s constant volatility is balanced by Roberts’ sympathetic, multilayered performance, and watching her is akin to putting a plastic child safety cover into an outlet, only for that outlet to spit it right back out, crackling with electric intensity.

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His work, particularly his multilayered assemblage pieces, pierced something in me, especially as a young Black Angeleno, in the wake of 1965’s Watts uprising and its glowing fury.

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