multilayer
Stacked in levels
Multilayer describes something composed of multiple layers or levels.
The term appears in technical contexts—multilayer circuit boards, multilayer packaging—and in figurative uses suggesting complexity: a multilayer approach to security, multilayer negotiations.
Often interchangeable with multilayered, though multilayer tends toward the technical and multilayered toward the descriptive.
Having multiple levels
- stackedArranged in a heap
- laminatedBonded between protective layers
- stratifiedArranged in stacked layers
- sandwichFilling between bread slices
composite · ply · coating · film · substrate · veneer · overlay · sheets
Closed electrical pathway
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
- microchipMiniature semiconductor processor
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- waferThin crisp disk
lithography · integrated · transistor · silicon · etching · dielectric · interconnect · routing
Joined in multiple ways
- meshInterlocking open weave
- webInterwoven filament structure
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- interwovenLaced through one another
interlinked · complex · hierarchical · nested · architecture · topology · protocol · stack
Woven or knit material
- clothingBody coverings worn daily
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- fleeceWool still on sheep
- gore-texBreathable waterproof membrane
breathable · moisture-wicking · thermal · outerwear · lining · membrane · waterproof · padding
Confirming genuine identity
- encryptionConverting data into code
- firewallNetwork access control system
- defenseProtection against harm
- protectionGuarding against harm
redundancy · verification · access · perimeter · safeguard · biometric · protocol · failsafe
tiered
Having multiple levels
- stackedArranged in a heap
- laminatedBonded between protective layers
- stratifiedArranged in stacked layers
sandwich · composite · ply · coating · film · substrate · veneer · overlay · sheets · levels
circuit
Closed electrical pathway
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
- microchipMiniature semiconductor processor
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
wafer · lithography · integrated · transistor · silicon · etching · dielectric · interconnect · routing · via
interconnected
Joined in multiple ways
interwoven · interlinked · complex · hierarchical · nested · architecture · topology · protocol · stack · TCP/IP
fabric
Woven or knit material
- clothingBody coverings worn daily
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- fleeceWool still on sheep
gore-tex · breathable · moisture-wicking · thermal · outerwear · lining · membrane · waterproof · padding · quilted
authentication
Confirming genuine identity
- encryptionConverting data into code
- firewallNetwork access control system
- defenseProtection against harm
protection · redundancy · verification · access · perimeter · safeguard · biometric · protocol · failsafe · backup
- layered thingslasagna, cake, onion, plywood, sandwich
- adsorptionsorption, monolayer, BET theory, isotherms, isotherm
- circuit boardsPCB, motherboard, via, trace, circuit
- epitheliumepithelium, squamous, columnar, stratified, simple
- lens coatingsanti-reflective, hard coat, scratch resistant, scratch-resistant, anti-scratch
- PCBsPCB, circuit boards, traces, vias, silkscreen
multilayerhomogeneous
Alike in composition throughout
uniform · simple · monolithic · unitary · undifferentiated