layer

English

/leɪə/, /ˈleɪ.ɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
  • A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
  • One of the items in a hierarchy.
  • (computer graphics) one in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English leyer suffix from English lay (meadow) root from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (lie, lie down, lay, be situated, recline, resting place, put down).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*legʰ-

Gloss

lie, lie down, lay, be situated, recline, resting place, put down

Concept
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Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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