the topmost tier

English translation: the highest layer

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English term or phrase:	the topmost tier
Selected answer:	the highest layer
Entered by:	Jeannie Graham

10:58 May 6, 2003

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary

English term or phrase: the topmost tier

In Beijing, within an old man's memory, the Emperor would ascend the Altar of Heaven--a perfect circle inside a perfect square--and, his 9 grades of mandarins performing a 9-fold bowing before him, survey a world of 9s. "From the center of the topmost tier nine rings of paving-stones radiated out in concentric multiples of nine," explains author Colin Thubron, "and fanned down into the lower terraces, nine rows to each, in ever-expanding manifolds of nine."

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layer

Explanation:
Imagine a wedding cake, with several tiers (layers)starting with a larger one and getting smaller - the topmost is the highest or the one on the very top.

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Note added at 2003-05-06 11:01:33 (GMT)
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or top level or stratum

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Jeannie Graham
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Local time: 17:31

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layer

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layer

Jeannie Graham
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Local time: 17:31
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