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Interlay

To insert layers of a different material.

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    To insert layers of a different material.

    "Each pair of pages of the book is interlaid by carbon paper."

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interlayernounA layer of material sandwiched between others, especially a layer of plastic between the layers of laminated glass.
interstratifyverb(geology, usually in passive) To put or insert between other strata.
inlaynounThe material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
interposeverb(transitive) To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
interlaminatenoun(transitive) To arrange in alternating laminae or layers.
interleavenounAn interleaved or interspersed arrangement.
interpagenounBetween the pages of a document or website.
underlayernounA layer that is below another layer.
interplacenounTo place between or among.
interpolateverb(transitive, intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.
overlaynounA covering over something else.
layernounA single thickness of some material covering a surface.
intercalatenoun(often used attributively) An atom or molecule, or a substance, that enters between the layers of the crystal lattice of another substance, especially that of graphite.
layer upverb(intransitive) To put on several layers of clothing.
interlocknounA safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
underlayverb(transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
intersperseverb(transitive) To scatter or insert something into or among other things.
insetnounA smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
intermixnounAn intermixture; the product of mixing together
intersertverb(obsolete, transitive) To put in between other things; to insert.

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