Layer or layered may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Layers (Kungs album)
  • Layers (Les McCann album)
  • Layers (Royce da 5′9″ album)
  • “Layers”, the title track of Royce da 5′9″’s sixth studio album
  • Layer, a female Maverick Hunter in the Mega Man X series
  • Layer, an element in a digital painting
  • Layer (film), a 2022 Russian film
  • LAYER, the stage name of Rei Wakana, a fictional character from BanG Dream!
  • Layer, a zone in the Underground World in Donkey Kong Bananza

Science

  • Stratum, a layer of rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics
  • Thermocline, a layer within a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth
  • Layer, an area in the neocortex with specific structure and connection pattern among neurons

Technology

Computing

  • Layer (object-oriented design), a group of classes that have the same set of link-time module dependencies to other modules
  • Layers (digital image editing), used in digital image editing to separate different elements of an image
  • Layers, in 2D computer graphics
  • Abstraction layer, a way of hiding the implementation details of a particular set of functionality
  • Internet protocol suite layers
  • OSI model layers
  • Layer element, a deprecated -like tag, unique to Netscape 4 browsers
  • Layer of objects, a term in CAD
  • Map layer, a set of graphical information, especially in geographic information systems
  • Layer (deep learning), a structure in the architecture of a deep learning model, which take information from the previous layers and then pass information to the next layer

Electronics

  • Layer (electronics), a single thickness of some material covering a surface
  • Dual layer recording, a DVD layer
  • F region, or Appleton Layer in telecommunications

Other uses

  • Layer, a tier of archaeological deposits in an excavation
  • Layer hen, a hen raised to produce eggs
  • Layer cake, a cake consisting of stacked layers
  • Layered, Inc., an American software company
  • Layered clothing, the wearing of multiple layers of clothing for practical or fashion purposes
  • Layered hair, a popular hair-styling technique
  • Walter Francis Layer (1907-1965), American politician and U.S. Marine Corps colonel

See also

  • Layering (disambiguation)
  • Multilevel (disambiguation)