HyperDic: stratification

English > 5 senses of the word stratification:
NOUNactstratificationthe act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata
statestratification, social stratificationthe condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group
processstratificationforming or depositing in layers
attributestratificationa layered configuration
actstratificationthe placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination
English > stratification: 5 senses > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata.
Broadercategorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortmentThe act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Spanishestratificación
Catalanestratificació
Verbsstratifydivide society into social classes or castes
stratifydevelop different social levels, classes, or castes
English > stratification: 5 senses > noun 2, state
MeaningThe condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group.
Synonymsocial stratification
BroaderconditionA mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
Spanishestratificación social
Catalanestratificació social
Verbsstratifydivide society into social classes or castes
stratifydevelop different social levels, classes, or castes
English > stratification: 5 senses > noun 3, process
Meaningforming or depositing in layers.
Narrowerfoliation(geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock / rock
Broadergeological process, geologic process(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Spanishestratificación
Catalanestratificació
Verbsstratifyform layers or strata
stratifyform, arrange, or deposit in layers
English > stratification: 5 senses > noun 4, attribute
MeaningA layered configuration.
Broadershape, form, configuration, contour, conformationAny spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
Spanishestratificación
English > stratification: 5 senses > noun 5, act
MeaningThe placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination.
Broaderplacement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacementThe act of putting something in a certain place
Verbsstratifyrender fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand

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