stratification

English

Etymology

stratum +‎ -ification

Noun

stratification (countable and uncountable, plural stratifications)

1. the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks
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) process of treating seeds to simulate natural conditions that the seeds must experience before germination can occur; most often the process involves exposure to cold in which case it may also be called cold treatment

Derived terms

• economic stratification
• lake stratification
• social stratification
• substratification

Translations

process leading to formation of layers

• Armenian: շերտավորում (hy) (šertavorum)
• Bulgarian: наслояване n (naslojavane)
• Finnish: kerrostuminen
• German: Schichtung f, Schichtbildung f, Schichtenbildung f, Stratifizierung (de) f, Lagerung (de) f, Ablagerung (de) f, Bänderung f, Aufschichtung f
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• Greek: στρωμάτωση f (stromátosi), στρωματοποίηση (el) f (stromatopoíisi)
• Persian: اشکوبش (oškubeš)
• Portuguese: estratificação (pt) f

layering of musical textures

• Finnish: kerrostaminen
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vertical layering of vegetation

• Finnish: kerrostuminen
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• German: Stratifikation (de) f

categorization of people

• Finnish: kerrostuminen
• German: Hierarchisierung (de) f
• Greek: διαστρωμάτωση (el) f (diastromátosi)
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• Indonesian: stratifikasi (id)
• Norwegian: stratifisering m
• Portuguese: estratificação (pt) f

horticulture: simulation of natural conditions

• Finnish: startifikaatio; kylmäkäsittely
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Noun

stratification f (plural stratifications)

1. stratification

Further reading

• “stratification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.