top layer

collocation in English

meaningsoftopandlayer

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top
adjective[before noun]
uk
/tɒp/us
/tɑːp/
at the highest part ...
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layer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.ər/us
/ˈleɪ.ɚ/
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of ...
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(Definition oftopandlayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Although not age diagnostic, it demonstrates either stratification within the water column or dysoxia/anoxia within thetoplayerof sediments.
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This represented the common practice in the region of 'skiffing' in which thetoplayerof foliage is removed during the winter season.
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Thetoplayerconsists of the endo-pelvic fascia, which is a continuous sheet attaching the pelvic organs to the pelvic sidewalls.
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The process continues until thetoplayeris reached.
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After centrifugation, thetoplayerof clear water was removed.
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The litter layer was defined as the loose and platy layer of leaves, leaf fragments and humus, covering the compacttoplayerof mineral soil.
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Water was then applied to bring thetoplayerof soil up to field capacity.
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We presumed that thistoplayerwas being removed during the processing, a hypothesis supported by traces of dried material on the aluminum planchette specimen holders.
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The lacy effect of the film over thetoplayerof bacteria could be readily reproduced if we deliberately exposed biofilms to drying conditions before freezing.
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Thetoplayerof the library is free of the first two performance issues, but suffers badly from the rest of the problems discussed in the previous section.
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Apparently over time natural processes form a relatively inerttoplayeror cap over cutting piles.
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This is a system used for taking off thetoplayerof tarmacadam before relaying, and two methods can be adopted.
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That is why it is perfectly timely for thetoplayerof bureaucracy in the health service to be abolished.
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Thetoplayerconsists of a large sector of the population which is quite healthy and has no symptoms.
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It is true that thetoplayer, by and large, are in favour of these changes.
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They consist almost of thetoplayer, very nearly thetoplayer, of the rich of this country.
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If more skilled people are required, this automatically means that thetoplayerof skilled people must be deepened.
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Thetoplayer, above £500, is also provided by the local authority.
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They have not been fully consulted: the views of only thetoplayerof people in the museums and other establishments have been taken into consideration.
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