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Definition of Stratum
1. Noun. One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock).
Specialized synonyms: Cuticle, Epidermis, Corneum, Horny Layer, Stratum Corneum, Stratum Lucidum, Stratum Granulosum, Malpighian Layer, Rete Malpighii, Stratum Basale, Stratum Germinativum, Corium, Derma, Dermis, Cambium, Paries, Wall, Substrate, Substratum, Superstrate, Superstratum, Horizon, Bed, Seam, Bed
Generic synonyms: Layer
Derivative terms: Stratify, Stratify
2. Noun. People having the same social, economic, or educational status. "An emerging professional class"
Generic synonyms: People
Specialized synonyms: Domain, World, Age Class, Agriculture, Brotherhood, Fraternity, Sodality, Estate, Estate Of The Realm, The Three Estates, Labor, Labour, Proletariat, Working Class, Lower Class, Underclass, Bourgeoisie, Middle Class, Booboisie, Commonality, Commonalty, Commons, Peasantry, Demimonde, Underworld, Yeomanry, Caste, Caste, Upper Class, Upper Crust, Ninja, Firing Line, Immigrant Class, Center, Old School, Market, Craft, Trade, Fair Sex, Woman, Womanhood
Group relationships: Society
Group relationships: Class Structure
Derivative terms: Classify, Classify
3. Noun. An abstract place usually conceived as having depth. "The mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
Definition of Stratum
1. n. A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively.
Definition of Stratum
1. Noun. One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another. ¹
2. Noun. (geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout. ¹
3. Noun. Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers. ¹
4. Noun. (biology) A layer of tissue. ¹
5. Noun. A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status. ¹
6. Noun. (ecology) A layer of vegetation, usually of similar height. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stratum
1. a layer of material [n -TA or -TUMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stratum
Literary usage of Stratum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Troy and Its Remains: A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries Made on the by Heinrich Schliemann (1875)
"... &c., of ivory and bone — Fragments of a lyre — Various objects. The third
stratum: the remains of an Aryan race—Hardly a trace of metal — Structure of ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"If we next write Let us examine the case m which the particle m is placed at a
distance z from a curved stratum of the substance, whose principal radii of ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"Tho nature and elope of the surface stratum, moreover, notably affect tho less
... Bain falling on an impermeable stratum is almost wholly evaporated in hot ..."
4. The American Year Book by Simon Newton Dexter North, Francis Graham Wickware, Albert Bushnell Hart (1917)
"The same is true also of the human bones from this stratum. On the other hand,
of the 25 fossil mammalian (not including man) remains found in the middle ..."
5. Bulletin by Mount Weather Observatory, Bluemont, Va, United States Weather Bureau (1913)
"It is to be expected that the lower stratum will be deeper in the summer than in the
... In the higher levels of the lower stratum the diurnal maximum of ..."
6. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1891)
"stratum of Invariable Temperature.—The mean surface temperature of the earth varies
... The stratum of no daily variation is but a foot or two beneath the ..."
7. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1891)
"stratum of Invariable Temperature.—The mean surface temperature of the earth varies
... The stratum of no daily variation is but a foot or two beneath the ..."
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