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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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