stratified

4 definitions found

stratified - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stratified \Strat"i*fied\, a.
     Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as,
     stratified rock.
     [1913 Webster]

  Stratify \Strat"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stratified; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Stratifying.] [Stratum + -fy: cf. F. stratifier.]
     To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the
     earth; to arrange in strata.
     [1913 Webster] Stratigraphic

stratified - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stratified
      adj 1: arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified
             areas of the distribution" [syn: graded, ranked,
             stratified]
      2: deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock"
         [syn: stratified, bedded] [ant: unstratified]
      3: (used of society) socially hierarchical; "American society is
         becoming increasingly stratified" [syn: class-conscious,
         stratified]

stratified - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "stratified":
     assorted, cataloged, classified, filed, filmy, foliaceous,
     foliated, graded, grouped, hierarchic, in layers, indexed,
     lamellar, lamellate, lamellated, lamelliform, laminate, laminated,
     laminous, leaflike, leafy, membranous, on file, pigeonholed,
     placed, pyramidal, ranked, rated, scummy, sorted, spathic,
     spathose, stratiform, tabular, three-ply, two-ply