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stratification


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  (Physiol.)  The  deposition  of  material  in  successive  layers 
  in  the  growth  of  a  cell  wall,  thus  giving  rise  to  a 
  stratified  appearance. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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 
  [syn:  {social  stratification}] 
  3:  forming  or  depositing  in  layers 




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