Synonyms for stratification


Grammar : Noun
Spell : strat-uh-fi-key-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌstræt ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən


Définition of stratification

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Modern Latin stratificationem (nominative stratificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of stratificare "to form strata," from stratum "thing spread out" + root of facere "to make" (see factitious).
  • noun tabular structure
Example sentences :
  • Stratification in meteorites, however, is denied by the faithful.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • The cleavage of slates then is not a question of stratification; what then is its cause?
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • Like all such accumulations, it is totally free from stratification.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 » by Various
  • Partial substitutes for stratification are soaking and scalding the seeds.
  • Extract from : « The Nursery Book » by Liberty Hyde Bailey
  • They should generally be transported in some sort of stratification.
  • Extract from : « The Nursery Book » by Liberty Hyde Bailey
  • Further ecological studies on stratification of the Arthropoda.
  • Extract from : « The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches » by Louis M. Roth
  • The problem, it will be seen, is essentially one of stratification.
  • Extract from : « The Heroic Age » by H. Munro Chadwick
  • Faults are breaks in the layers of rock, or in the stratification, as it is called.
  • Extract from : « The Boy With the U.S. Miners » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • Stratification of the metamorphic rocks distinct from cleavage.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of Elementary Geology » by Charles Lyell.
  • It roused curious feelings as to the nature and value of stratification.
  • Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser

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