Layer and Section

Layer

Layer noun - Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.

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Section and layer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Section" instead a noun "Layer".

Nearby Words: layered, layering

Section noun - An area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature.

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Layer and section are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Layer" instead a noun "Section".

Nearby Words: sectioned, sector, sect, sectioning, sectional

middle	middle layer	middle section
short	short layer	short section
appropriate	appropriate layer	appropriate section
front	front layer	front section
Other adjectives: upper, top, single, entire, massive, large, huge, lower, bottom, main, inner, new, final, extra, underground, next, last, different, previous.

Interface Screw: Toggles off the head section of his Minecraft skin's second layer in S1E1.

Source: Lets Play / Sorceror Nobody
Pit Trap: A section of the ice shelf is covered filled with crevasses covered with a thin layer of snow.

Source: Literature / The White Darkness
Rogue Squadron made use of Coruscant's justifiably extreme weather patterns to bring down a section of the inner layer of the planetary deflector shield with an enormous thunderstorm.

Source: Battle in the Rain

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