[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

layer \lay"er\, n. see lay to cause to lie flat.
   1. one who, or that which, lays.
      1913 webster

   2. prob. a corruption of lair. that which is laid; a
      stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over
      another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a
      layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.
      1913 webster

   3. a shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock,
      laid under ground for growth or propagation.
      1913 webster

   4. an artificial oyster bed.
      1913 webster
see also:
lay 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

layer
     n 1: single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance;
          "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" syn: bed
     2: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or
        under another
     3: an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good
        actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at
        least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many
        strata simultaneously" syn: level, stratum
     4: a hen that lays eggs
     5: thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
     v : make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"
see also:
bed level stratum 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 moby thesaurus words for "layer":
   appleton layer, f layer, heaviside-kennelly layer, van allen belt,
   arrange in layers, belt, bookie, chemosphere, delaminate,
   desquamate, exfoliate, flake, ionosphere, isothermal region,
   laminate, lay down, lay up, lower atmosphere, outer atmosphere,
   photosphere, scale, stratify, stratosphere, stratum,
   substratosphere, tropopause, troposphere, upper atmosphere

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

layer
     
        protocol layer
     
     
see also:
protocol layer 

Layer >> L Words
Layer, definition of term: Layer
layer_pag1.html

Physical Layer >> P Words
Physical Layer, definition of term: Physical Layer
physical+layer_pag1.html

Session Layer >> S Words
Session Layer, definition of term: Session Layer
session+layer_pag1.html

Transport Layer >> T Words
Transport Layer, definition of term: Transport Layer
transport+layer_pag1.html

Ozone Layer >> O Words
Ozone Layer, definition of term: Ozone Layer
ozone+layer_pag1.html

Network Layer >> N Words
Network Layer, definition of term: Network Layer
network+layer_pag1.html

Horny Layer >> H Words
Horny Layer, definition of term: Horny Layer
horny+layer_pag1.html

Iso Seven Layer >> I Words
Iso Seven Layer, definition of term: Iso Seven Layer
iso+seven+layer_pag1.html

Data Link Layer >> D Words
Data Link Layer, definition of term: Data Link Layer
data+link+layer_pag1.html

Simple DirectMedia Layer
...Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library ... Simple DirectMedia Layer supports Linux, Windows, BeOS, MacOS Classic ... ..
http://www.libsdl.org/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:02 pm

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