stratification
stratification
Definition
strati·fi·ca·tion (strat′ə fi kā′s̸hən)
noun
- the process of stratifying or the state of being stratified
- a stratified arrangement or appearance
- Geol. a structure characterized by a succession of tabular layers, beds, strata, etc.
strat′i·fi·ca′·tional adjective
stratification
Synonyms
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
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