Collocations withlayer
These are words often used in combination withlayer.
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additional layer
Yet there is an additional layer of meaning to these petitions.
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alternating layers
The fronds are borne in flushes, with fertile and sterile fronds often in alternating layers.
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atmospheric layer
If this occurs simultaneously with the presence of a stable atmospheric layer above the mountain, vertical movement of the air is restricted.
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atomic layer
This is in a good agreement with the experiments, as the threshold fluency was introduced as the fluency needed to remove a single atomic layer.
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barrier layer
Thick bristle type fibres will often protrude from garments forming a protective barrier layer in blizzards.
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bottom layer
No influence on the bottom layer could be seen.
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boundary layer
In our analysis we omitted the effects of the side-wall boundary layer.
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canopy layer
On the other hand, high allocation in crown expansion in larger trees may allow them to exploit efficiently the canopy layer.
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cell layer
Labeling was evident in the somata of the neurons in the ganglion cell layer and to a lesser extent in the inner nuclear layer.
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concentric layers
The concentric spherical shells, the so called "onions," constitute a form of carbon consisting of spherical concentric layers of carbon shells.
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conductive layer
The coiling provides distributed inductance, while a conductive layer close to the wires provides distributed capacitance.
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cortical layer
This is information relayed by cortical layer 5 cells that have branches to thalamic nuclei.
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deep layer
In the deep layer, it is associated with an unusual, highly condensed nuclear state that is entered directly from metaphase arrest.
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depletion layer
Subsequently, perturbations of the depletion layer solution, in which these terms play a role, are included.
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distinct layer
Bryophytes and humus together usually formed a rather distinct layer on the branches.
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double layer
Next we studied the double layer of both modes.
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epidermal layer
Despite the application of numerous cercariae, there was no evidence of peeling back of the epidermal layer.
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extra layer
Within this extra layer, each obstacle is described as a single or collection of ellipses.
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final layer
A final layer of the system combined the two processing routes to achieve reaching behaviour.
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germ layer
For instance, skeletal muscle, kidney and spleen are formed of the germ layer mesoderm, whereas the liver originates from the endoderm.
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hidden layer
This sensitivity to the temporal context of stimuli is somehow captured by representations formed at the hidden layer of the network.
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inner layer
The inner layer is electron pale.
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intermediate layer
This is precisely what the intermediate layer scaling (43)accomplishes.
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inversion layer
The mutual excitation of reconnections can be commenced after the moderate evolution of the resistive tearing mode instability growing on the shear inversion layer.
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layer of ash
These were protected from erosion by a layer of ash from the next eruption.
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layer of asphalt
He has developed a design for a machine which places a thin layer of asphalt underneath the porous topsoil in areas where rainfall is deficient.
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layer of bark
All mature eucalypts put on an annual layer of bark, which contributes to the increasing diameter of the stems.
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layer of blubber
Pups are weaned after one month and build up a thick layer of blubber.
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layer of bureaucracy
Why have yet another layer of bureaucracy?
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layer of clay
The same low survival rate was obtained behind a thin layer of clay acting as an optical filter.
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layer of cloth
Imagine, further, that the trolley would hit each of the five across an extra layer of cloth.
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layer of clothing
Ensure a layer of clothing is between residents' skin and the belt to avoid abrasion.
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layer of complexity
This adds an extra layer of complexity on top of the dynamics that tend to be quite complicated anyway.
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layer of concrete
Any guilt, untruthfulness, or inauthenticity is reserved for the ultimately redundant layer of concrete block - an unforeseen layer necessitated by timing, skill, economics, and a need for certainty.
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layer of dirt
Ice may exist in the glacier, even today, beneath an insulating layer of dirt.
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layer of dust
But even today, if one leaves one's shoes out for two days, there is a layer of dust on them.
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layer of fat
Instead of the railways being set free, commuter services in the south-east will be burdened with an extra layer of fat and bureaucracy.
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layer of material
The calorimeter measures the change of temperature in a thin layer of material due to its heating by the passing ion beam.
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layer of meaning
When single, banal tropes are put together they may create a more elaborate structure and hence may acquire another layer of meaning.
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layer of paint
His large scale works always receive a ground layer of paint which assists in forming a general composition.
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layer of plaster
The outer layers of plaster were removed, exposing mural work from the 18th century, which covers almost all of the walls of the main nave.
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layer of protection
Tree and hedge planting form the final layer of protection from the elements.
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layer of silt
The proposal envisages the removal of a layer of silt material in order to extract aggregate from beneath it.
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layer of snow
Therefore, this light layer of snow became moisture, and, being early morning so there was not a lot of traffic moving, it froze on to the rails.
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marine layer
Winds ahead of an approaching cold front or low pressure system can also draw the marine layer onshore.
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mixed layer
However, this discrepancy is not as large in boundary layers, especially in the mixed layer at the top of the ocean.
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molecular layer
There is no demarcation of the molecular layer, unlike the usual appearance of reactive astrocytosis, which is observed in the granular layer and in the white matter.
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multiple layer
Collections of crossbars can be used to implement multiple layer and/or blocking switches.
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outer layer
It seemed, however, that the contents of the vesicles were the materials for the outer layer.
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outermost layer
The outermost layer is closely applied to the innermost layer and does not readily separate from it.
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protective layer
Osteoclasts are derived from circulating mononuclear precursors and seem able to erode bone as soon as a thin protective layer of nonmineralized matrix has been removed.
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shrub layer
Secondary forest had higher levels of terrestrial browse and a denser understorey shrub layer.
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single layer
The use of two flour layers should be preferred to the use of a single layer.
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subsequent layer
For one thing, each subsequent layer operates on an already improved system.
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successive layer
Each successive layer of pigment spreads slightly less than the last, and the colors may require additional surfactant to float and uniformly expand.
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superficial layer
The second loop shows non-specific nuclei (green) projecting to the most superficial layer of the cortex and giving collaterals to the reticular nucleus.
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thick layer
The hind legs and lower abdomen rapidly became coated with a thick layer of pollen.
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thin layer
A thin layer of moistened vermiculite covered the bottom of the vials and served as a pupation substrate for the emerging parasitoid larvae.
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top layer
Although not age diagnostic, it demonstrates either stratification within the water column or dysoxia/anoxia within the top layer of sediments.
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underlying layer
Cells in the underlying layer are compressed, creating tension in the plant tissue and holding the trap open.
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upper layer
At the upper layer of the sheath, we need to ensure continuity of and y as given by (4a, b).
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uppermost layer
The multilayered epithelium was composed of several cell types, with the uppermost layer of cells, those in contact with the water, differentiated into pavement cells with elaborated apical microridges.
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