| NOUN | act | stratification | the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | stratification, social stratification | the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group | |
| process | stratification | forming or depositing in layers | |
| attribute | stratification | a layered configuration | |
| act | stratification | the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination |
| Meaning | The act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment | The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type |
| Spanish | estratificación | |
| Catalan | estratificació | |
| Verbs | stratify | divide society into social classes or castes |
| stratify | develop different social levels, classes, or castes | |
| Meaning | The condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group. | |
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| Synonym | social stratification | |
| Broader | condition | A mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing |
| Spanish | estratificación social | |
| Catalan | estratificació social | |
| Verbs | stratify | divide society into social classes or castes |
| stratify | develop different social levels, classes, or castes | |
| Meaning | forming or depositing in layers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | foliation | (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock / rock |
| Broader | geological process, geologic process | (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified |
| Spanish | estratificación | |
| Catalan | estratificació | |
| Verbs | stratify | form layers or strata |
| stratify | form, arrange, or deposit in layers | |
| Meaning | A layered configuration. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation | Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) |
| Spanish | estratificación | |
| Meaning | The placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement | The act of putting something in a certain place |
| Verbs | stratify | render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand |
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