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• Layer 8 — is internet jargon which is used to refer to the user or political layer. [Citation last = Gregg first = Michael title = OSI: Securing the Stack, Layer 8 Social engineering and security policy journal = TechTarget date = 2007 05 01 year = 2007… …   Wikipedia

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• layer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fine, thin ▪ Everything was covered with a fine layer of dust. ▪ deep, dense, heavy, thick ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• upon — up|on W1S3 [əˈpɔn US əˈpa:n] prep formal [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: up + on] 1.) used to mean on or onto ▪ an honour bestowed upon the association ▪ We are completely dependent upon your help. ▪ Brandon threw him upon the ground. 2.) if a time or… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• layer — lay|er1 W3S3 [ˈleıə US ər] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: LAY1 + er] 1.) an amount or piece of a material or substance that covers a surface or that is between two other things layer of ▪ A thick layer of dust lay on the furniture. ▪ The moon was… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• layer — 1 noun (C) 1 an amount of a substance that covers all of a surface (+ of): A thick layer of dust lay on the furniture. 2 one of several levels of substances lying one on top of another (+ of): a thin layer of coal between two layers of rock | He… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• layer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Thickness set upon another Nouns 1. layer, stratum, couch, bed, zone, substratum, floor, stage, story, tier, slab, fold, flap, ply, veneer, lap, table, tablet, board, plank, platter, course. See… …   English dictionary for students

• Boundary layer — For the anatomical structure, see Boundary layer of uterus. Boundary layer visualization, showing transition from laminar to turbulent condition In physics and fluid mechanics, a boundary layer is that layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of… …   Wikipedia