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Definition of Overlayer
1. Noun. Protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior.
Generic synonyms: Protection, Protective Cover, Protective Covering
Derivative terms: Overlay, Overlay, Sheathe
Definition of Overlayer
1. n. One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.
Definition of Overlayer
1. Noun. A layer of adatoms adsorbed onto a surface, as onto the surface of a single crystal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlayer
Literary usage of Overlayer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electronic Structure of Ferromagnet-Insulator Interfaces: Fe/MgO and Co/MgO by Martina Mueller (2007)
"It was found, that the charge density of both substrate and overlayer remains
nearly unchanged (with a charge transfer of less than 0.02 e/atom), ..."
2. The Graphic Arts: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1891)
"... carefully revising the work of the overlayer, and taking to both overlayer
and pressman, as guides to their work, not only the artists' fine proofs, ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"The Thorough-pin is the pin which fastens the ' Waggon-bed ' to the ' Carriage.'
Also see Arms, Hoops, overlayer, Sharps, Draughts, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"overlayer. A piece of wood used to place the sieve on, after washing the ore in
a vat. Derb. A milling term. OVEH-LEDE. To oppress. ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1891)
""The driller remarks that here came in genuine soft black slate, which he recognized
as the overlayer of the Oil Sand in Allegheny county, in the Wild Wood ..."
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