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This particular subarticle has provided definitions of the noun "stratification" for uses in fields of study but has not provided explicitation for the definition for "stratification" as it pertains to the common colloquial interpretation of "stratification" defined in most official dictionaries. For an example, see "stratification" in the OED.
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{suffix|en|stratum|ification}}
From {{suffix|en|stratum|ification}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stratification.wav|Audio (Southern England)}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stratification.wav|a=Southern England}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# The process leading to the [[formation]] or [[deposition]] of [[layer]]s, especially of [[sedimentary rock]]s.
# The process leading to the [[formation]] or [[deposition]] of [[layer]]s, especially of [[sedimentary rock]]s.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1907|author=Ronald M. Burrows|title=The Discoveries In Crete|page=80|text=He has misunderstood the English excavators in regard to the '''stratification''' of Knossos. He has wrongly imagined that the West Court of Knossos and a great part of the whole west wing belonged to an earlier building, contemporary with the West Court of Phæstos, and that they were later superseded and partly covered over by a later structure, contemporary with the supposed mainland Achæan type of Megaron at Phæstos that is now proved to be no Megaron at all.}}
# {{lb|en|music}} A [[layering]] of [[musical]] [[texture]].
# {{lb|en|music}} A [[layering]] of [[musical]] [[texture]].
# {{lb|en|ecology}} The vertical [[layering]] of [[vegetation]] in a forest.
# {{lb|en|ecology}} The vertical [[layering]] of [[vegetation]] in a forest.
# {{lb|en|sociology}} [[society|Society's]] [[categorization]] of people into [[socioeconomic]] [[stratum|strata]].
# {{lb|en|sociology}} [[society|Society's]] [[categorization]] of people into [[socioeconomic]] [[stratum|strata]].
# {{lb|en|horticulture}} The [[process]] of treating seeds to [[simulate]] natural conditions that the seeds must experience before [[germination]] can occur, often involving exposure to cold.
# {{lb|en|horticulture}} The [[process]] of treating seeds to [[simulate]] natural conditions that the seeds must experience before [[germination]] can occur, often involving exposure to cold.
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# A classification or arrangement of things into different categories or groups
#: {{hyponyms|en|cold treatment}}
#: {{hyponyms|en|cold treatment}}
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# A classification or arrangement of things into different categories or groups.


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{col4|en|economic stratification|lake stratification|biostratification|costratification|destratification|interstratification|macrostratification|microstratification|monostratification|multistratification|overstratification|phylostratification|poststratification|prestratification|pseudostratification|restratification|stratificational|substratification}}
* {{l|en|economic stratification}}
* {{l|en|lake stratification}}
* {{l|en|substratification}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|kerrostuneisuus}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kerrostuneisuus}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stratifikation|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stratifikation|f}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|층상구조(層狀構造)}}
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{{trans-top|horticulture: simulation of natural conditions}}
{{trans-top|horticulture: simulation of natural conditions}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|stratifikaatio}}; {{t|fi|kylmäkäsittely}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|stratifikaatio}}; {{t|fi|kylmäkäsittely}}
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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-stratification.wav|Audio}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-stratification.wav}}


===Noun===
===Noun===

Latest revision as of 21:35, 2 January 2025

English

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Etymology

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From stratum +‎ -ification.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

stratification (countable and uncountable, plural stratifications)

  1. The process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks.
    • 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 80:
      He has misunderstood the English excavators in regard to the stratification of Knossos. He has wrongly imagined that the West Court of Knossos and a great part of the whole west wing belonged to an earlier building, contemporary with the West Court of Phæstos, and that they were later superseded and partly covered over by a later structure, contemporary with the supposed mainland Achæan type of Megaron at Phæstos that is now proved to be no Megaron at all.
  2. (music) A layering of musical texture.
  3. (ecology) The vertical layering of vegetation in a forest.
  4. (sociology) Society's categorization of people into socioeconomic strata.
  5. (horticulture) The process of treating seeds to simulate natural conditions that the seeds must experience before germination can occur, often involving exposure to cold.
    Hyponym: cold treatment
  6. A classification or arrangement of things into different categories or groups.

Derived terms

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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stratification f (plural stratifications)

  1. stratification

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