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Definitions/meanings of "layering" (based on sources in pint as well as on the web)

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[web]

  • It is one of the ways in which plants propogate. It describes the process of stems growing their own adventitious roots while they are still attached to the parent plant. (source: Wikipedia)
  • It describes the way dual-layer DVDs store data (source: google.com)
  • It is a popular hair styling technique (source: Wikipedia)
  • Behavior that involves inappropriately changing or layering clothing on top of one another. (source: www.alz.org/Resources/Glossary.asp)
  • Shading or coloring between contour lines in a painting (source: library.thinkquest.org/5764/glossary.htm)
  • Adding multiple layers of superimposed video. (source: www.mediacollege.com/video/editing/terminology/)

[books]

  • layering includes ways of organizing information into related groups and then presenting only certain groups at a time (by William Lidell, Universal Principles of Design)
  • (Layering is) visually stratifying various aspects of data (by Edward Barett)
  • Layering and seperation of information are powerful tools to address detail and complexity (by Edward Barett)
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