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Webster 1913 Edition


Stratification

Stratˊi-fi-ca′tion

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
stratification
.]
1.
The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.
2.
(Physiol.)
The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stratification

STRATIFICATION

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Noun.
[from stratify.]
1.
The process by which substances in the earth have been formed into strata or layers.
2.
The state of being formed into layers in the earth.
3.
The act of laying in strata.

Definition 2024


stratification

stratification

English

Noun

stratification (plural stratifications)

  1. the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks
  2. (music) a layering of musical texture
  3. (ecology) the vertical layering of vegetation in a forest
  4. (sociology) society's categorization of people into socioeconomic strata

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