Stratified

6 definitions found

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

  Stratified \Strat"i*fied\, a.
     Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as,
     stratified rock.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Stratify \Strat"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stratified}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Stratifying}.] [Stratum + -fy: cf. F. stratifier.]
     To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the
     earth; to arrange in strata.
     [1913 Webster] Stratigraphic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stratify
       v 1: divide society into social classes or castes; "Income
            distribution often stratifies a society"
       2: form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies"
       3: develop different social levels, classes, or castes;
          "Society stratifies when the income gap widens"
       4: form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are
          stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the
          force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list
          of names according to the addresses"
       5: render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of
          earth or sand; "stratify seeds"
       [also: {stratified}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stratified
       adj 1: arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas
              of the distribution" [syn: {graded}, {ranked}]
       2: deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified
          rock" [syn: {bedded}] [ant: {unstratified}]
       3: (used of society) socially hierarchical; "American society
          is becoming increasingly stratified" [syn: {class-conscious}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stratified
       See {stratify}

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

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "stratified":
     assorted, cataloged, classified, filed, filmy, foliaceous,
     foliated, graded, grouped, hierarchic, in layers, indexed,
     lamellar, lamellate, lamellated, lamelliform, laminate, laminated,
     laminous, leaflike, leafy, membranous, on file, pigeonholed,
     placed, pyramidal, ranked, rated, scummy, sorted, spathic,
     spathose, stratiform, tabular, three-ply, two-ply