| has gloss | (noun) a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
layer |
| lexicalization | eng: layer |
| subclass of | (noun) the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
region, part |
| has subclass | (noun) a rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells; maintains the shape of the cell and serves as a protective barrier
cell wall |
| has subclass | (noun) a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
snow |
| has subclass | (noun) one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
stratum |
| has subclass | (noun) the lower layer of the crust
asthenosphere |
| has subclass | (noun) a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun
chromosphere |
| has subclass | (noun) the outer layer of the Earth
Earth's crust, crust |
| has subclass | (noun) the outermost atmospheric layer
exosphere |
| has subclass | (noun) the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor
hydrosphere |
| has subclass | (noun) the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
geosphere, lithosphere |
| has subclass | (noun) the deeper part of the mantle
lower mantle |
| has subclass | (noun) the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
mantle |
| has subclass | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere
mesosphere |
| has subclass | (noun) a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun
ozonosphere, ozone layer |
| has subclass | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
stratosphere |
| has subclass | (noun) the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"
surface, Earth's surface |
| has subclass | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere
thermosphere |
| has subclass | (noun) the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere
tropopause |
| has subclass | (noun) the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)
troposphere |
| has subclass | (noun) the upper part of the mantle
upper mantle |