Stratification

3 definitions found

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

  Stratification \Strat`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [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.
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     2. (Physiol.) The deposition of material in successive layers


        in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a
        stratified appearance.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stratification
       n 1: the act or process or arranging persons into classes or
            social strata
       2: the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes
          within a group [syn: {social stratification}]
       3: forming or depositing in layers
       4: a layered configuration
       5: the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in
          ordere to preserve them or promote germination

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, typology