lay
(adjective)
Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
Examples of lay in the following topics:
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Creating, Laying Out, Designing, and Writing Strategy-Based Print Ads
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Creating, Laying Out, Designing, and Writing Strategy-Based Digital Ads
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Creating, Laying Out, Designing, and Writing Strategy-Based Digital Ads
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Laying the groundwork
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Characteristics of Reptiles
- Reptiles are ectothermic tetrapods that lay shelled eggs on land and possess scaly skin and lungs.
- Reptiles lay on land eggs enclosed in shells.
- Even aquatic reptiles return to the land to lay eggs.
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Opportunistic Microorganisms
- Opportunistic microorganisms lay dormant until the hosts' immune system is suppressed and then they seize the opportunity to attack.
- They lay dormant for long periods of time until the hosts' immune system is suppressed and then they seize the opportunity to attack.
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Adding and Subtracting Vectors Graphically
- Vectors may be added or subtracted graphically by laying them end to end on a set of axes.
- The head-to-tail method of vector addition requires that you lay out the first vector along a set of coordinate axes.
- The head-to-tail method of vector addition requires that you lay out the first vector along a set of coordinate axes.
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The 16th Amendment
- The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
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Organismal Ecology and Population Ecology
- For instance, the Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) is considered a specialist because the females preferentially oviposit (that is, lay eggs) on wild lupine.
- A researcher interested in studying Karner blue butterflies at the organismal level might, in addition to asking questions about egg laying, ask questions about the butterflies' preferred temperature (a physiological question) or the behavior of the caterpillars when they are at different larval stages (a behavioral question).
- It can only lay its eggs on lupine plants.
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Characteristics of Amniotes
- Most mammals do not lay eggs (except for monotremes).
- In amniotes that lay eggs, the shell of the egg provides protection for the developing embryo while being permeable enough to allow for the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen.