multilayering

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noun

The layering of several things or concepts.

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Meanings

nounmultilayering (usually uncountable, plural multilayerings)

plural multilayerings

  1. uncountableusuallyThe layering of several things or concepts.

    Often it seems (as recently occurred to me with the wonderful Noche Flamenca performance at Theater 80, and as strikes anyone who listens to some opera) that the music is suggesting something quite unlike its words; and this multilayering only enriches the experience.

    2007 July 26, Alastair Macaulay, “From Mongolia, Layered Voices and Intimations of the Eternal”, in New York Times

Origin

From multi- + layering.

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APA

multilayering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilayering

MLA

“multilayering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilayering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multilayering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilayering.

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