ALL meanings of layer
lay·er
L l - abbreviation Technical meaning of LAYER protocol layer 3
- noun layer a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint. 1
- noun layer bed; stratum: alternating layers of basalt and sandstone. 1
- noun layer a person or thing that lays: a carpet layer. 1
- noun layer a hen kept for egg production. 1
- noun layer level, stratum 1
- noun layer one of several items of clothing worn one on top of the other. 1
- noun layer thickness put on top of sth 1
- noun layer Horticulture. a shoot or twig that is induced to root while still attached to the living stock, as by bending and covering with soil. a plant so propagated. 1
- noun layer sb who lays material 1
- noun layer Ropemaking. a machine for laying rope or cable. 1
- transitive verb layer arrange in layers 1
- verb with object layer to make a layer of. 1
- verb with object layer to form or arrange in layers. 1
- verb with object layer to arrange or wear (clothing) in layers: You can layer this vest over a blouse or sweater. 1
- verb with object layer Horticulture. to propagate by layering. 1
- verb without object layer to separate into or form layers. 1
- verb without object layer (of a garment) to permit of wearing in layers; be used in layering: Frilly blouses don't layer well. 1
- adjective layer belonging to, pertaining to, or performed by the people or laity, as distinguished from the clergy: a lay sermon. 1
- adjective layer not belonging to, connected with, or proceeding from a profession, especially the law or medicine. 1
- noun layer A sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body. 1
- noun Definition of layer in Technology (networking) The software and/or hardware environment of two or more communications devices or computers in which a particular network protocol operates. A network connection may be thought of as a set of more or less independent protocols, each in a different layer or level. The lowest layer governs direct host-to-host communication between the hardware at different hosts; the highest consists of user application programs. Each layer uses the layer beneath it and provides a service for the layer above. Each networking component hardware or software on one host uses protocols appropriate to its layer to communicate with the corresponding component (its "peer") on another host. Such layered protocols are sometimes known as peer-to-peer protocols. The advantages of layered protocols is that the methods of passing information from one layer to another are specified clearly as part of the protocol suite, and changes within a protocol layer are prevented from affecting the other layers. This greatly simplifies the task of designing and maintaining communication systems. Examples of layered protocols are TCP/IP's five layer protocol stack and the OSI seven layer model. 1
- countable noun layer A layer of a material or substance is a quantity or piece of it that covers a surface or that is between two other things. 0
- countable noun layer If something such as a system or an idea has many layers, it has many different levels or parts. 0
- verb layer If you layer something, you arrange it in layers. 0
- noun layer a thickness of some homogeneous substance, such as a stratum or a coating on a surface 0
- noun layer one of four or more levels of vegetation defined in ecological studies: the ground or moss layer, the field or herb layer, the shrub layer, and one or more tree layers 0
- noun layer a laying hen 0
- noun layer a shoot or branch rooted during layering 0
- noun layer a plant produced as a result of layering 0
- verb layer to form or make a layer of (something) 0
- verb layer to take root or cause to take root by layering 0
- noun layer a person or thing that lays 0
- noun layer a single thickness, coat, fold, or stratum 0
- noun layer a shoot or twig (of a living plant) bent down and partly covered with earth so that it may take root 0
- intransitive verb layer to form layers 0
- verb transitive layer to grow (a plant) by means of a layer (sense 3) 0
- verb transitive layer to arrange in or as if in layers 0
- verb transitive layer to trim and style (hair) to hang in layers 0