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layer

/ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ sustantivo B1

En español: capa, tongada, tonga, tanda

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum. · I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.
  4. One of the items in a hierarchy. · mired in layers of deceit
  5. 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.
  6. One of the seven network switch pieces in the Open Systems Interconnection model: application, presentation, session, transport, network, data link, and physical.
  7. An alternative keymap accessed through a modifier key or toggle.

Plural layers

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The solitary window was so dirty that the light was hazy and uncertain, giving a dull grey tinge to everything, which was intensified by the thick layer of dust which coated the whole apartment.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 28 · B2
The next thing heard of him was when his dead body was discovered by a plate-layer named Mason, just outside Aldgate Station on the Underground system in London.”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 5 · B2
The crate upon which I sit contains 2,000 napoleons packed between layers of lead foil.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 27 · B2
It was furred outside by a thick layer of dust, and damp and worms had eaten through the wood, so that a crop of livid fungi was growing on the inside of it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 21 · B2

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