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Definitions for Stratification
ˌstræt ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃənstrat·i·fi·ca·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stratificationnoun

    the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata

  2. stratification, social stratificationnoun

    the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group

  3. stratificationnoun

    forming or depositing in layers

  4. stratificationnoun

    a layered configuration

  5. stratificationnoun

    the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination

Wiktionary

  1. stratificationnoun

    the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks

  2. stratificationnoun

    a layering of musical texture

  3. stratificationnoun

    the vertical layering of vegetation in a forest

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  1. stratification

    Stratification refers to the process or system in which people or things are organized or categorized into different levels, layers, or classes based on various factors such as social status, wealth, power or characteristics. This term is often used in sociology to describe hierarchical social structures in a society. It is also used in data analysis, market research, or other scientific fields to classify samples or data into distinct strata or layers.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stratificationnoun

    the act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers

  2. Stratificationnoun

    the deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. stratification.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Stratification in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Stratification in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Stratification in a Sentence

  1. Anthony Carnevale:

    Everybody likes education as a way to allocate opportunity, because as Americans we all sort of agree education attaches to individual responsibility : You've got to take the test, go to the school, do the homework and so on, but in practice it has become another form of institutional race and class stratification.

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