Strata

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strata \Stra"ta\, n.,
     pl. of {Stratum}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Stratum \Stra"tum\, n.; pl. E. {Stratums}, L. {Strata}. The
     latter is more common. [L., from sternere, stratum, to
     spread; akin to Gr. ? to spread, strew. See {Strew}, and cf.
     {Consternation}, {Estrade}, {Prostrate}, {Stratus},
     {Street}.]
     1. (Geol.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by
        natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of
        layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other
        kinds. Also used figuratively.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A bed or layer artificially made; a course.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stratum
       n 1: one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on
            top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an
            organism)
       2: an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good
          actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at
          least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many
          strata simultaneously" [syn: {level}, {layer}]
       [also: {strata} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strata
       See {stratum}