Each successive layer obscures and then partly reveals the one below.

Yet each layer of attire revealed still other layers of ill-matching apparel beneath it.

Although a comedy on the outer level, the movie's layers reveal many observant details that indicate the Serbian society's structure and atmosphere at the time.

A deepening in his voice suggested a layer of sorrow carried but not revealed.

However, the outer layers of the nearest star, only four light-minutes away, revealed subtle changes in its spectrum.

Historically, paint analysis was done on site by carefully removing later paint layers to reveal a sequence of finishes down to the substrate.

Paleolithic archaeological layers at Kostyonki reveal human histories around 40,000 years ago.

You can see several layers of habitation revealed in this cut-away mound.

In either case, the best-fit layer can reveal trends in the data.

In some cases the primed layer reveals a preparatory drawing.