Definition of Stratums

1. stratum [n] - See also: stratum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stratums

stratospheric
stratospherically
stratotype
stratotypes
stratous
stratovolcanic
stratovolcano
stratovolcanoes
stratovolcanos
stratum
stratum basale
stratum corneum
stratum germinativum
stratum granulosum
stratum lucidum
stratums (current term)
stratus
stratus cloud
stratus fractus
straucht
strauchts
straught
straughts
straunge
stravage
stravaged
stravages
stravaging
stravaig
stravaige

Literary usage of Stratums

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philosophy of Physics: Or, Process of Creative Development by which the by Andrew Brown (1854)
"... for many extensive limestone strata are found to have originated in comparatively inconsiderable stratums of shells, leaving no other inference but that ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1980 A variant plural, stratums, is rare in writing: must learn to move in the various stratums of society —Lou Richter, Annual Report, Peace Officers ..."

3. The Annals of Fort Mackinac by Dwight H. Kelton (1895)
"The stratums of limestone which form the base of ... while the stratums which form the upper portion of the island contain a good many fossils ..."

4. The R.I. Schoolmaster by Rhode Island Commissioner of Public Schools (1863)
"One hundred degrees difference of temperature between stratums would give, after the establishment of the orifice, a motive pressure of about two pounds to ..."

5. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Argyle: With Observations by John Smith (1813)
"Most soils have their cure in their own under- stratums. ... Some of these under- stratums cast out of furrows upon the ridges, as potatoes are covered in ..."

6. A Dictionary of the English Language: Compiled for the Use of Common Schools by Noah Webster (1817)
"stratums or Strata, n. a bed or Strict'ure, n. a contraction, criticism Stride,и. a wide stretch of the legs Stride, t1. strid, strode, pret. stridden, ..."

7. Medicinisch-chirurgische Rundschau (1866)
"... Gerüste in der Form eines stratums von unbeträchtlicher, l—1'/2 Linien ... In der glatten, äus- sern Bekleidung dieses stratums lässt sich das ..."

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