uppermost layer

collocation in English

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uppermost
adjective
adverb
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/ˈʌp.ə.məʊst/us
/ˈʌp.ɚ.moʊst/
in the highest position or having the ...
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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 ofuppermostandlayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The multilayered epithelium was composed of several cell types, with theuppermostlayerof cells, those in contact with the water, differentiated into pavement cells with elaborated apical microridges.
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The hyphae of the stipitipellis, theuppermostlayerin the stem, also form a cutis.
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Theuppermostlayerof the ocean is supercooled to slightly below the freezing point, at which time tiny ice platelets (frazil ice) form.
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Further, the lowermost layer has higher displacement than theuppermostlayerwhile the intermediate layer displacement lies in between (fig. 2).
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In case of multiple layers the mouseover event is triggered by theuppermostlayer.
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The fastest waste decomposition generally occurs in theuppermostlayerof solids exposed to the air.
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The scales are white underneath theiruppermostlayer.
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Theuppermostlayer, which is also the more recent, only had boar bones.
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More precisely, it is found in theuppermostlayerof an organic muck substrate or surface.
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Theuppermostlayer, the "euthynteria", partially protrudes above the ground level.
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In the summer, theuppermostlayerthaws, and the ground becomes muddy.
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Theuppermostlayerof these deposits is formed by the pyroclastic flow deposits.
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Theuppermostlayerof deposits stems almost exclusively from the recent past.
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The stipitipellis, theuppermostlayerof hyphae on the stem, also forms a cutis.
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Theuppermostlayerof soil was removed, exposing frozen ground.
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In a healthy cornea the programmed cell death is a rare occasion, but immediately after an injury to theuppermostlayerkeratocytes directly under the injury site commit apoptosis.
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The dermal papillae are part of theuppermostlayerof the dermis, the papillary dermis, and the ridges they form greatly increase the surface area between the dermis and epidermis.
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The pileipellis, theuppermostlayerof hyphae in the cap, forms a cutis made up of cylindrical, slightly thicker-walled hyphae of between 5 and 10 m wide.
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Theuppermostlayerconsists of molten aluminium.
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