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stratification
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stratification
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun stratification has 5 senses
- stratification(n = noun.act) Array - the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata; Array is a kind of assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization
- stratification(n = noun.state) social stratification - the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group; Array is a kind of condition
- stratification(n = noun.process) Array - forming or depositing in layers; Array has particulars: foliation
- stratification(n = noun.attribute) Array - a layered configuration; Array is a kind of configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape
- stratification(n = noun.act) Array - the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination; Array is a kind of emplacement, locating, location, placement, position, positioning
Derived forms verb stratify1, verb stratify3
Derived forms verb stratify1, verb stratify3
is a kind of geologic process, geological process
Derived forms verb stratify2, verb stratify4
Derived form verb stratify5
CIDE DICTIONARY
stratification, n. [Cf. F. stratification.].
- The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers. [1913 Webster]
- The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
stratification
analysis, arrangement, cataloging, categorization, classification, codification, delamination, desquamation, division, exfoliation, filing, flakiness, foliation, furfuration, grading, grouping, indexing, lamellation, lamination, pigeonholing, placement, ranging, ranking, rating, scaliness, sorting, subdivision, tabulation, taxonomy, typologyROGET THESAURUS
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Layer
N layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.Texture
N texture, structure (form), organization, anatomy, frame, mold, fabric, construction, framework, carcass, architecture, stratification, cleavage, substance, stuff, compages, parenchyma, constitution, staple, organism, organography, osteology, myology, splanchnology, neurology, angiography, adeology, angiography, adenography, texture, surface texture, intertexture, contexture, tissue, grain, web, surface, warp and woof, warp and weft, tooth, nap, flatness (smoothness), fineness of grain, coarseness of grain, dry goods, silk, satin, muslin, burlap, histology, structural, organic, anatomic, anatomical, textural, textile, fine grained, coarse grained, fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny, coarse, homespun, rough, gritty, smooth, smooth as silk, smooth as satin.
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