| | :Senses 1 and 2 do, don't they? —[[User:Angr|'''An''']][[User talk:Angr|''gr'']] 18:40, 29 January 2013 (UTC) | | :Senses 1 and 2 do, don't they? —[[User:Angr|'''An''']][[User talk:Angr|''gr'']] 18:40, 29 January 2013 (UTC) |
| | ::Sense 2 ("A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum") specifically. Sense 1 ("A single thickness of some material covering a surface") means, for example, a layer of paint or a layer of aluminum foil on some multiply wrapped object. At least that's how I read them. I'll add some usexes.<span class="Unicode">​—[[User:Msh210|msh210]]℠</span> ([[user talk:Msh210|talk]]) 15:35, 30 January 2013 (UTC) | | ::Sense 2 ("A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum") specifically. Sense 1 ("A single thickness of some material covering a surface") means, for example, a layer of paint or a layer of aluminum foil on some multiply wrapped object. At least that's how I read them. I'll add some usexes.<span class="Unicode">​—[[User:Msh210|msh210]]℠</span> ([[user talk:Msh210|talk]]) 15:35, 30 January 2013 (UTC) |
| | + | :::To me the word "deposit" still implies that the layers are resting on a foundation, whereas I think the point that should be stressed is simply that the whole comprises multiple parallel sections. [[User:JulieKahan|JulieKahan]] ([[User talk:JulieKahan|talk]]) 08:49, 31 January 2013 (UTC) |
