multilayer

[ adjective muhl-tee-ley-er, muhl-tahy-; noun muhl-ti-ley-er ]

adjective

1. multilayered.

noun

1. Physical Chemistry. a film consisting of two or more monolayers of different substances.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multilayer¹

First recorded in 1920–25; multi- + layer

Example Sentences

This multilayer firewall is going to be the most useful thing.

From Science News

Given how hard it is to know what’s happening inside a material at the subatomic level, it’s too early to say whether skyrmions are definitely doing the superconducting in multilayer graphene.

From Quanta Magazine

Every year, 100 million tons of these multilayer films are produced worldwide.

From Science News

The film is very sort of multilayer, and really its central theme is not actually whether Phil Spector is guilty or not.

From The Daily Beast

The faces of all the visitors will be saved and uploaded online, to eventually become part of multilayer compilation.

From The Daily Beast