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LAYERED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With one layer on top of another
Example:
superimposed rocks
Synonyms:
layered; superimposed
Classified under:
Similar:
bedded; stratified (deposited or arranged in horizontal layers)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb layer
Context examples:
Cells are single-layered and maintain normal architecture of bronchioles and alveoli.
(Epithelial Hyperplasia of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
The researchers layered the elements one atomic plane at a time so sheets of titanium oxide one-atom thick transferred an electron to sheets of cobalt oxide with the same thickness.
(Picoscience and a plethora of new materials, National Science Foundation)
After the sediment hardened, wind carved the layered rock into the towering Mount Sharp, which Curiosity is climbing today.
(NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds an Ancient Oasis on Mars, NASA)
The background of broncho-alveolar architecture remains detectable, and epithelial cells are usually single layered.
(Alveoli Epithelial Hyperplasia of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues about multiple episodes of fluid movement.
(Curiosity Eyes Prominent Mineral Veins on Mars, NASA)
A duel-layered fibrous band linking the posterior surface of the liver to the diaphragm.
(Coronary Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)
Fermagate is made up of magnesium and ferric iron atoms held in an insoluble, rigid, crystalline-layered structure, with carbonate groups lying between the layers.
(Fermagate, NCI Thesaurus)
An enhancement of immunoelectrophoresis in which a series of post-electrophoretic gel slabs are layered with cellulose-acetate gels saturated with specific antibodies.
(Immunofixation, NCI Thesaurus)
A solid dosage form containing medicinal substances that have been compressed to form a multiple-layered tablet or a tablet-within-a-tablet, the inner tablet being the core and the outer portion being the shell, which, additionally, is covered in a designated coating; the tablet is formulated in such manner as to allow at least a reduction in dosing frequency as compared to that drug presented as a conventional dosage form.
(Multilayered Extended Release Tablet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
