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Layer vs. Stratification — What's the Difference?

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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