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  *层* | 层* | *层
to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers
HSK 2
high-rise / high level; high class
HSK 6
the clouds / cloud layer / cloud bank
boundary layer
layer upon layer
patina
ground floor; first floor / lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc)
HSK 7-9
synchronous digital hierarchy / SDH
upper layer
ground floor / first floor
(meteorology) the atmosphere; atmospheric layer
layer
valency shell (chemistry)
(meteorology) mesosphere
cladding / covering (on a fiber)
ozone layer
low level
basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer
HSK 7-9
layer (imaging)
outer layer / outer shell
social class
HSK 7-9
middle-ranking
alluvial deposit / alluvium
(meteorology) mesosphere
layer of soil / ground level
tightly packed / closely layered
silver British shorthair (cat)
stratum corneum (outermost layer of the skin)
lamination / layering / stratification / delamination
floor; story (of a building)
physical layer
dermis
ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy
thermocline / troposphere (nonstandard synonym of 對流層|对流层)
endoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate
salaried class
normal fault (geology)
social class
San Andreas Fault, California
(meteorology) stratosphere
(architecture) basement level 1; floor B1
internal layer
deep layer / deep; deep-seated; underlying
protective layer / coating
exosphere
leaf litter
(meteorology) thermosphere
double tier / double decker
rock strata
stratosphere
repeated layers / stratified / laminated / stacked / piled strata
cap rock
mesoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
cortex
application layer (computing)
cultural layer (in an archaeological dig)
golden British shorthair (cat)
boundary layer
ionosphere
natural layer (in an archaeological dig)
data link layer
MAC layer
magnetosphere / magnetic layer
strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another
coherent sheaf (math.)
stratum (geology)
ectoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
fault (geology) (CL:) / (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional
(geology) asthenosphere
electron shell (in the atom)
alluvium (soil deposited by rivers)
network link layer
layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology)
a coal bed / a coal seam
thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella
link layer
trophoblastic layer (attaches fertilized ovum to the uterus) / trophoderm
surface layer
layered / stratified
network layer
vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine
(meteorology) troposphere
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (computing)
multilayered / multilevel / multistory
ore stratum / vein of ore
presentation layer
single layer / single story / single deck / single level
transform fault (geology)
permafrost / tundra / layer of frozen soil
lamina / lamella / lamination
the coating of sth that has been chrome-plated or copper-plated etc
physical layer (OSI)
sima (geology) / silicon and magnesium layer in earth's crust
strike fault (geology)
transport layer
(computing) adaptation layer
top floor / the top of a building
aquifer

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