Indonesian

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Etymology

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From lapis +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laˈpi.san/
  • Rhymes: -san
  • Hyphenation: la‧pi‧san

Noun

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lapisan

  1. layer
    1. a single thickness of some material covering a surface
    2. a (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum
    3. one of the items in a hierarchy
    4. (computer graphics, by analogy to a stack of transparencies) one in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another
    5. (networking) one of the seven network switch pieces in the Open Systems Interconnection model: application, presentation, session, transport, network, data link, and physical
  2. coating (a thin outer layer)
  3. stratum
    Synonym: stratum
    1. one of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another
    2. (geology) a layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout
    3. any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers
    4. (biology) a layer of tissue
    5. a class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status