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sublayer

sublayer noun: a layer underneath another.

Noun

sublayer (plural sublayers)

  1. A layer underneath another.
  2. A subunit of a layer.

Verb

sublayer (third-person singular simple present sublayers, present participle sublayering, simple past and past participle sublayered)

  1. (transitive) To divide into sublayers.

Forms of sublayer

Noun
pluralsublayers
Verb
third-person singular presentsublayers
present participlesublayering
past participlesublayered
pastsublayered

Origin of sublayer

From sub- + layer.

Questions about sublayer

What does sublayer mean?
Sublayer means a layer underneath another.
What part of speech is sublayer?
Sublayer can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of sublayer?
The plural of sublayer is sublayers.

Words near sublayer in the dictionary

  1. sublative cases
  2. sublattice
  3. sublattices
  4. sublaw
  5. sublaws
  6. sublayer
  7. sublayered
  8. sublayering
  9. sublayerings
  10. sublayers
  11. sublayout

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