PLY | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Ply

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late Middle English (in the sense ‘fold’): from French pli ‘fold’, from the verb plier, from Latin plicare ‘to fold’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: plʌɪ
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material

Short Definition:

layer of folded or laminated material

Examples:
  • tiles that have a black PVC ply in the lamination
Short Definition:

plywood

Definition:

(in game theory) the number of levels at which branching occurs in a tree of possible outcomes, typically corresponding to the number of moves ahead (in chess strictly half-moves ahead) considered by a computer program.

Short Definition:

(in game theory) number of levels in tree of possible outcomes

Word: Ply

Speech Type: Verb

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