stra|tum

stra|tum
stra|tum «STRAY tuhm, STRAT uhm», noun, plural -ta or -tums.
1. a layer of material, especially one of several parallel layers placed one upon another: »

to lay several strata of gravel on a road. In digging the well, the men struck a stratum of sand, then one of clay and finally a stratum of rock.

2. Geology. a bed or formation of sedimentary rock consisting throughout of approximately the same kind of material.
3. Figurative. a social level; group having about the same education, culture, development, or taste: »

Tramps are in a low stratum of society.

SYNONYM(S): caste.
4. Biology. a layer of tissue; lamella.
5. a religion of the atmosphere or of the sea assumed as bounded by horizontal planes for purposes of calculation.
6. Linguistics. any one of several levels in which language can be analyzed. A word may be analyzed at the phonemic, morphemic, or semantic stratum.
╂[< New Latin stratum < Latin strātum something spread out; coverlet; pavement; neuter past participle of sternere to spread out]

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  • su|per|stra|tum — «SOO puhr STRAY tuhm», noun, plural ta « tuh», tums. a stratum or layer deposited over or upon something. ╂[< New Latin superstratum, noun use of neuter past participle of Latin supersternere to spread over < super over + sternere lay down] …   Useful english dictionary

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  • stratum — stra•tum [[t]ˈstreɪ təm, ˈstræt əm[/t]] n. pl. stra•ta [[t]ˈstreɪ tə, ˈstræt ə[/t]] stra•tums 1) a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often formed one upon another 2) layer; level: an allegory with many strata of meaning[/ex] 3) …   From formal English to slang

  • Stratum — Stra|tum 〈n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: Stra|ta〉 1. 〈Soziol.〉 Gesellschaftsschicht 2. 〈Sprachw.; bes. in der Stratifikationsgrammatik〉 Strukturebene, z. B. Phonetik, Morphologie, Semantik, Syntax 3. 〈Biol.〉 ausgebreitete Zellschicht, Lebensraum in Form einer …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • stratum — stra|tum [ˈstra:təm US ˈstreı ] n plural strata [ tə] [Date: 1500 1600; : Modern Latin; Origin: Latin, something spread, bed , from sternere to spread out ] 1.) a layer of rock or earth 2.) a social class in a society ▪ people of different social …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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