stratification
pronunciation
How to pronounce stratification in British English:
UK [ˌstrætɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
How to pronounce stratification in American English:
US [ˌstrætəfɪˈkeʃən]
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- Noun:
- the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata
- the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group
- forming or depositing in layers
- a layered configuration
- the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in ordere to preserve them or promote germination
Word Origin
- stratification (n.)
- 1610s, from Medieval Latin stratificationem (nominative stratificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of stratificare "to form strata," from stratum "thing spread out" (see stratum) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). In sociology from 1879.
Example
- 1. This density difference is an index of ocean stratification .
- 2. Stratification threatens this recycling system by suppressing the vertical movement of water .
- 3. And the beaufort sea 's stratification is high in both summer and winter .
- 4. The objects of social adaptation are broken down in the stratification of collective education .
- 5. There began to be considerable social stratification within this people .