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stratification Definition

strati·fi·ca·tion (strat′ə fi kās̸hən)

noun

  1. the process of stratifying or the state of being stratified
  2. a stratified arrangement or appearance
  3. Geol. a structure characterized by a succession of tabular layers, beds, strata, etc.

stratification Related Forms
strat′i·fi·ca·tional adjective
stratification Synonyms

stratification

n.

tabular structure, lamination, scaliness, delamination; see layer.

stratification Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • allow: Even before new drugs are developed, the genetics of complex diseases will have an impact in allowing stratification of patients for drug trials.
  • increase: In many areas, this social stratification increased in the Bronze Age with the elite buried in single tombs with all their finery.
  • base: It would have cause essentially one layer with some stratification based on particle size possibly, the larger particles being at the base.
  • require: Sow seed of plants which require stratification See below for information about stratifying seeds.
  • use: Smith's data were derived from CHS data, the sample for which was collected using regional stratification of Northern Ireland into three areas.

Adjective modifier

  • thermal: Statistical quantification of the effect of thermal stratification on patterns of dispersion in a freshwater zooplankton community.
  • vertical: Due to the vertical stratification of salinity the sun's heat is stored in this layer, resulting in high summer surface temperatures.
  • social: The social stratification of English in New York City.
  • stable: If there is a stable stratification they may also become less buoyant as the ambient air becomes less dense.
  • economic: Thus, the need for cash shapes both coping strategies and local social and economic stratification.

Modifies a noun

  • system: The land base has been partitioned into 15 Land Classes using a stratification system developed by the ITE.
  • effect: No association studies in COPD have been reported which used family-based controls, a study design which is immune to such population stratification effects.

Noun used with modifier

  • gender: Thus the demands of eucharistic fellowship challenge patterns of social and gender stratification.
  • density: Density stratification of the water column is well developed over much of the area in the summer.
  • risk: However, risk stratification of AML based on these methods is still incomplete.
  • population: No association studies in COPD have been reported which used family-based controls, a study design which is immune to such population stratification effects.
  • class: It's unfortunate that the whole of our education system is riddled with class stratification.

Preposition: in

  • society: This is 'one of the foundations of social stratification in democratic societies ' .

Preposition: of

  • patient: Even before new drugs are developed, the genetics of complex diseases will have an impact in allowing stratification of patients for drug trials.
  • society: The world of the queuers also reflected the stratification of Moroccan society.