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Stratification Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Stratification has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata

2

the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group

3

forming or depositing in layers

4

a layered configuration

5

the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination

6

the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
categorization condition geological process shape placement
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
foliation
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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