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stratum
/ˈstɹeɪ.təm/
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What does stratum mean?
noun
- One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
- A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.
- Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A layer of tissue.
- A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.
- A layer of vegetation, usually of similar height.
- The level of accuracy of a computer's clock, relative to others on the network.
- A historical layer of a language.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈstɹeɪ.təm/
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We attributed it to an ice-crack to the westward, where the band of open water had heated a stratum of air.
When placed over each other they would float upon the thin stratum of air between them until dislodged by time and pressure.
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Below this surface soil is a stratum of sand, overlying the gravelly beds below and passing into the surface soil just mentioned.
The sapling which had rooted down to a poisonous stratum on the spot of its sowing had been transplanted to a deeper soil.
In Henry VIII, I think I see plainly the cropping out of the original rock on which his own finer stratum was laid.