- mantle layer
- the middle layer of the wall of the primordial neural tube, containing primordial nerve cells and later forming the gray matter of the central nervous system.
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Mantle — may refer to: Mantle (clothing), a cloak like garment worn mainly by women as fashionable outerwear Mantle, part of the bird anatomy Mantle (climbing), a rock climbing move used to surmount a ledge Mantle, a black and white dog coat colour,… … Wikipedia
Mantle's Cave — U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
mantle — [man′təl] n. [ME mantel < OE mentel & OFr mantel, both < L mantellum, mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle < ? Celt] 1. a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape: sometimes used figuratively, in allusion to royal robes of state, as a symbol… … English World dictionary
layer — [n] coating, tier band, bed, blanket, coat, coping, couch, course, cover, covering, film, flag, flap, floor, fold, girdle, lamina, lamination, lap, mantle, overlap, overlay, panel, ply, row, seam, sheet, slab, story, stratum, stripe, substratum,… … New thesaurus
Mantle plume — A superplume generated by cooling processes in the mantle.[1] A mantle plume is a hypothetical thermal diapir of abnormally hot rock that nucleates at the core mantle boundary and rises through the Earth s mantle. Such plumes were invoked in 1971 … Wikipedia
Mantle (geology) — For other uses, see Mantle (disambiguation). Earth cutaway from core to exosphere. The mantle is a part of a terrestrial planet or other rocky body large enough to have differentiation by density. The interior of the Earth, similar to the other… … Wikipedia
mantle — [[t]mæ̱nt(ə)l[/t]] mantles 1) N SING: the N of n If you take on the mantle of something such as a profession or an important job, you take on the responsibilities and duties which must be fulfilled by anyone who has this profession or job.… … English dictionary
mantle rock — Physical Geog. the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth s crust; regolith. [1890 95] * * * mantle rock noun Loose rock at the earth s surface • • • Main Entry: ↑mantle * * *… … Useful english dictionary
mantle — {{11}}mantle (n.) O.E. mentel loose, sleeveless cloak, from L. mantellum cloak (source of It. mantello, O.H.G. mantal, Ger. Mantel, O.N. mötull), perhaps from a Celtic source. Reinforced and altered 12c. by cognate O.Fr. mantel cloak, mantle;… … Etymology dictionary
layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
