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Ply

plʌɪ

Ply definitions
noun
plies ply
  1. a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material

    "tiles that have a black PVC ply in the lamination"

    • a strand of yarn or rope

      "four-ply yarn"

    • the number of multiple layers or strands of which something is made

      "the yarn can be any ply from two to eight"

    • a reinforcing layer of fabric in a tyre

      "a six-ply whitewall tire"

  2. (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
    • a half-move (i.e. one player's move) in computer chess