outermost layer

collocation in English

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outermost
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈaʊ.tə.məʊst/us
/ˈaʊ.t̬ɚ.moʊst/
at the greatest distance from ...
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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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(Definition ofoutermostandlayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theoutermostlayeris closely applied to the innermost layer and does not readily separate from it.
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These extracts consisted mainly of theoutermostlayercomponents of the envelopes.
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Theoutermostlayerof mural granulosa cells formed a well-organised lining along the basement membrane.
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The disappearance of theoutermostlayerand the unpleating of an adjacent inner layer causes the expansion of eggs on contact with water.
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Phagocytic amoebocytes containing typical granules are sparsely applied to theoutermostlayerof the sheath in some areas.
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Indirect immunofluorescence was most concentrated in early spermatocytes and localised in theoutermostlayerof seminiferous tubules where the calmodulin level was relatively low.
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The nematode surface coat, being theoutermostlayerof the cuticle, is considered one of the major targets for developing new control strategies against plant-parasitic nematodes.
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Examples were seen where cercarial heads were moving forwards beneath theoutermostlayerof cells leaving a clear trail in their wake where cell layers had been disrupted.
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It constitutes theoutermostlayerof the male and female gonads, thus forming the germinal epithelium of the female or of the male.
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This isoutermostlayerof the bark.
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Theoutermostlayerof the exterior of each pavilion is a curtain wall made of recycled aluminum.
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Skin'soutermostlayer, the stratum corneum, is an effective barrier to most inorganic nanosized particles.
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Bones of both marine and upland terrestrial animals are typically broken, heavily worn, and missing theoutermostlayerof bone (periosteum).
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Theoutermostlayeris thin, transparent and colourless.
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This layer is theoutermostlayerin the child's environment.
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Their body-wall muscles are disposed in four layers, alternately circular and length-wise starting from theoutermostlayer.
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A perineurium surrounds that and theoutermostlayeris considered the epineurium.
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Thisoutermostlayerof the cerebellar cortex also contains two types of inhibitory interneurons, stellate cells, and basket cells.
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When only theoutermostlayerof a grain of rice (the husk) is removed, brown rice is produced.
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It may have anoutermostlayercalled an "exochorion".
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