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  *層* | 層* | *層
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
basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer
HSK 7-9
ground floor; first floor / lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc)
HSK 7-9
social class
HSK 7-9
cortex
permafrost / tundra / layer of frozen soil
coherent sheaf (math.)
sima (geology) / silicon and magnesium layer in earth's crust
(meteorology) the atmosphere; atmospheric layer
rock stratum
(meteorology) stratosphere
double tier / double decker
(computing) adaptation layer
middle-ranking
transport layer
low level
floor; story (of a building)
deep layer / deep; deep-seated; underlying
lamination / layering / stratification / delamination
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
physical layer
protective layer / coating
fault (geology) (CL:) / (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional
upper layer
hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine
surface layer
internal layer
ionosphere
link layer
presentation layer
(meteorology) troposphere
stratum (geology)
aquifer
outer layer / outer shell
mesoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
stratum corneum (outermost layer of the skin)
ore stratum / vein of ore
golden British shorthair (cat)
magnetosphere / magnetic layer
tightly packed / closely layered
stratosphere
alluvial deposit / alluvium
layer of soil / ground level
germ layer / layer of tissue in embryology
underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate
silver British shorthair (cat)
endoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
normal fault (geology)
vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
(meteorology) mesosphere
ectoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
Sial
thermocline / troposphere (nonstandard synonym of 對流層|对流层)
a coal bed / a coal seam
multilayered / multilevel / multistory
thrust fault (geology) / compression fault
the coating of sth that has been chrome-plated or copper-plated etc
layered / stratified
layer
thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella
single layer / single story / single deck / single level
dermis
layer upon layer
(meteorology) mesosphere
duplex (apartment)
thermocline
social class
ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy
cladding / covering (on a fiber)
trophoblastic layer (attaches fertilized ovum to the uterus) / trophoderm
(architecture) basement level 1; floor B1
boundary layer
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
MAC layer
valency shell (chemistry)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (computing)
synchronous digital hierarchy / SDH
layer (imaging)
ground floor / first floor
layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology)
(meteorology) thermosphere
sublayer
physical layer (OSI)
rock strata
variant of 岩層|岩层 / rock strata
salaried class
application layer (computing)
exosphere
data link layer
cultural layer (in an archaeological dig)
the sun's corona
alluvium (soil deposited by rivers)
(meteorology) thermosphere
thermosphere (nonstandard synonym of 熱層|热层)
repeated layers / stratified / laminated / stacked / piled strata
course (i.e. building layer)
lamina / lamella / lamination
network layer
network link layer

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