Layer vs. Stratification — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Layer and Stratification
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Layer
A sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body
Arrange a layer of aubergines in a dish
Stratification
Formation or deposition of layers, as of rock or sediments.
Layer
A person or thing that lays something
The majority of fish are egg-layers
Stratification
The condition of being stratified.
Layer
A shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant
They can be increased from cuttings and layers
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Stratification
A layered configuration.
Layer
Arrange in a layer or layers
The current trend for layered clothes
Stratification
The process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks
Layer
Propagate (a plant) as a layer
A layered shoot
Stratification
(music) a layering of musical texture
Layer
One that lays
A tile layer.
Stratification
(ecology) the vertical layering of vegetation in a forest
Layer
A hen kept for laying eggs.
Stratification
(sociology) society's categorization of people into socioeconomic strata
Layer
A single thickness of a material covering a surface or forming an overlying part or segment
A layer of dust on the windowsill.
A cake with four layers.
Stratification
(horticulture) process of treating seeds to simulate natural conditions that the seeds must experience before germination can occur; most often the process involves exposure to cold in which case it may also be called cold treatment
Layer
A usually horizontal deposit or expanse; a stratum
Layers of sedimentary rock.
A layer of warm air.
Stratification
The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.
Layer
A depth or level
A poem with several layers of meaning.
Stratification
The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance.
Layer
(Botany) A stem that is covered with soil for rooting while still part of the living plant.
Stratification
The act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata
Layer
An item of clothing worn over or under another.
Stratification
The condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group
Layer
To divide or form into layers
Layered gravel and charcoal to make a filter.
Stratification
Forming or depositing in layers
Layer
To cut (hair) into different, usually overlapping lengths.
Stratification
A layered configuration
Layer
(Botany) To propagate (a plant) by means of a layer.
Stratification
The placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in ordere to preserve them or promote germination
Layer
To wear (clothing) in layers.
Layer
To form or come apart as layers.
Layer
(Botany) To take root as a result of layering.
Layer
A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.
After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer.
Layer
An item of clothing worn under or over another.
It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers.
Layer
A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.
Layer
One of the items in a hierarchy.
Mired in layers of deceit
Layer
One in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.
Layer
A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.
Layer
A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
When dealing with an infestation of headlice, the first step is to eliminate the layers.
Layer
A hen kept to lay eggs.
Layer
A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
Layer
(ambitransitive) To cut or divide into layers.
Layer
(ambitransitive) To arrange in layers.
Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.
Layer
One who, or that which, lays.
Layer
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.
Layer
A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.
Layer
An artificial oyster bed.
Layer
Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance;
Slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
Layer
A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
Layer
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
Layer
A hen that lays eggs
Layer
Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
Layer
Make or form a layer;
Layer the different colored sands
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