stratify
stratify
Definition
strati·fy (-fī′)
transitive verb -·fied′, -·fy′·ing
- to form or arrange in layers or strata
- to preserve (seeds) by placing them between layers of moisture-retaining soil, peat moss, etc.
- 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
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
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