distinct layer

collocation in English

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distinct
adjective
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/dɪˈstɪŋkt/us
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
clearly noticeable; that ...
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layer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.ər/us
/ˈleɪ.ɚ/
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of ...
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Bryophytes and humus together usually formed a ratherdistinctlayeron the branches.
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Cell bodies of mitral cells are located in adistinctlayerdeep in the olfactory glomeruli.
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This fine-textured material may form adistinctlayeror comprise the entire subsoil.
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Eachdistinctlayeris typically assigned a name usually based on area (valley, mountain, or region) where that formation is exposed and available for study.
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The gelatinous layer on the surface comprises adistinctlayerof mostly straight paraphyses.
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The process is colloquially called "salting out", and causes concentrated isopropyl alcohol to separate into adistinctlayer.
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Distinct layers of firn were observed to the south, where the ice cap ends in a small cliff of 19 m in height.
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The bubbles are observed to have formed in distinct layers implying that bubble movement after nucleation was prevented.
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Second, in periods of high glaciation, deposits of silts, sands and organic plus inorganic detritus (e.g. decomposition of estuarine diatoms) may form a separatedistinctlayer.
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Near the sill we shall assume that mixing is negligible and that the sill exchange is composed of two distinct layers.
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His approach provides a desirable link between results for distinct layers and those for a continuously stratified fluid.
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The observed circulation was characterized by two distinct layers flowing in opposite directions and separated by a density interface.
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Visual micro-counterpoint is everywhere in nature, from a multifaceted cascading waterfall, to distinct layers of clouds moving at different speeds in the sky.
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The cake then rises through the liquid which settles at the bottom at the pan, mixing with the batter and creating adistinctlayerat the bottom of the dish.
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These distinct layers gently caress each other, until the song finally coalesces at the entrance of the voice, and the resulting song sounds both spontaneous and fully formed.
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A behavioral portfolio bears a strong resemblance to a pyramid with distinct layers.
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The squamous mucosa also differentiates into three distinct layers (the lamina propria) on the free edge of the vocal folds.
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Multi-level mountain wave clouds form when the moisture in the air above the mountain is located in distinct layers, and vertical mixing is inhibited.
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The walls are composed of three distinct layers: the pigmented layer, the water line and the white line.
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The flesh of the cap consists of a number of microscopically distinct layers of tissue.
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