Usually means: Thin coating applied on surface.
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  1. overlayer: Merriam-Webster
  2. overlayer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overlayer: Vocabulary.com
  4. overlayer: Wordnik
  5. overlayer: Wiktionary
  6. Overlayer, overlayer: Dictionary.com
  7. Overlayer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Overlayer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. overlayer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. overlayer: Rhymezone
  11. Overlayer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. overlayer: FreeDictionary.org
  13. overlayer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Overlayer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A layer of adatoms adsorbed onto a surface, as onto the surface of a single crystal.

Similar:
sheathing, overlay, adatom, epitaxial layer, metalayer, superlattice, overshift, sublattice, supracrystal, underplating, more...

Types:
coating, skin, film, varnish, patina, finish, more...

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Similar:
sheathing, overlay, adatom, epitaxial layer, metalayer, superlattice, overshift, sublattice, supracrystal, underplating, more...

Types:
coating, skin, film, varnish, patina, finish, more...



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