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stratify Definition

strati·fy (-fī′)

transitive verb -·fied′, -·fy′·ing

  1. to form or arrange in layers or strata
  2. to preserve (seeds) by placing them between layers of moisture-retaining soil, peat moss, etc.
  3. to classify or separate (people) into groups graded according to status as variously determined by birth, income, education, etc.

Etymology: Fr stratifier < ModL stratificare < L stratum, layer + facere, to make: see stratum & do

intransitive verb

to become stratified

stratify Synonyms

stratify

v.

laminate, flake, scale; see plate.

stratify Usage Examples

Object

  • epithelium: Can you identify the stratified squamous epithelium lining the blind crypt?
  • sampling: Methods: stratified random sampling of 1 km 2 survey squares within BTO regions.
  • ontology: Once again the critical realist stratified ontology lends itself to a particular slant on this issue.
  • sample: The survey uses a complex stratified sample, the theory of which was not touched on in his degree.
  • deposit: Quite an interesting extinct volcano, there are nicely stratified deposits of volcanic ash.
  • layer: The well stratified layers are being removed in chronological sequence.

Subject

  • age: When stratified by age, the risk was largely confined to relatives over the age of 60.
  • region: Sample collection is opportunistic, represents the entire age range and can be broadly stratified by region.
  • gender: Students were also stratified by gender and social group.

Preposition: into

  • group: Survival by risk category Patients were stratified into risk groups using age and comorbidity.

Modifying Another Word

  • stably: This is especially true if the approaching wind is stably stratified.
  • thermally: The European shelf seas can be divided into regions which have tidally mixed waters and thermally stratified waters.
  • socially: There is little or no evidence that the Neolithic communities were socially stratified or that there were central authorities.
  • deeply: The research this year involved the removal of a sediment peel from a deeply stratified archeological site located the Cypress Hills.
  • highly: The estuary is likely to be partially mixed at low flows, becoming highly stratified at higher flows.
  • strongly: Vortex dynamics in strongly stratified flow over three-dimensional obstacles.

Present participle complement

  • accord: Further stratified according without private coverage secure any coverage.
  • sample: Of the australian the efficient operation stratified sampling with more people.

Preposition: by

  • age: When stratified by age, the risk was largely confined to relatives over the age of 60.
  • region: Sample collection is opportunistic, represents the entire age range and can be broadly stratified by region.