Found 2 items, similar to stratified.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stratified stratify v 1: divide society into social classes or castes; “Income distribution often stratifies a society” 2: form layers or strata; “The rock stratifies” 3: develop different social levels, classes, or castes; “Society stratifies when the income gap widens” 4: form, arrange, or deposit in layers; “The fish are stratified in barrels”; “The rock was stratified by the force of the water”; “A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses” 5: render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; “stratify seeds” [also: stratified] stratified adj 1: arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; “stratified areas of the distribution” [syn: graded, ranked] 2: deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; “stratified rock” [syn: bedded] [ant: unstratified] 3: (used of society) socially hierarchical; “American society is becoming increasingly stratified” [syn: class-conscious] stratified See stratify
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stratified Stratify \Strat"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stratified; p. pr. & vb. n. Stratifying.] [Stratum + -fy: cf. F. stratifier.] To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata. [1913 Webster] Stratified \Strat"i*fied\, a. Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock. [1913 Webster]