stratified

adjective

strat·i·fied ˈstra-tə-ˌfīd

: formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata

Such forced ascent of stable air leads to the formation of a stratified cloud layer that is large horizontally compared to its thickness.—

Frederick K. Lutgens et al.

The epidermis is a stratified squamous epithelium forming the barrier that excludes harmful microbes and retains body fluids.—

Terry Lechler et al.

: divided into social classes

Through farming and fishing, they supported a dense population and highly stratified society that constructed irrigation canals, pyramids, palaces, and temples.—

Christopher B. Donnan

Examples of stratified in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Societies became stratified, and their most powerful members began to express their status by accumulating objects of value. —

Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023 China and the European Union last month started talks about cross-border data flow — a critical component of ensuring AI doesn’t create a further stratified and Balkanized global landscape. —

Peter Aitken, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2023 Busan operates two highly stratified competition sections (New Currents and Jiseok) for Asian filmmakers with differing degrees of experience. —

Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023 Eventually the borehole will burrow into the Cretaceous System, a stratified layer of rock that dates back to 145 million years ago. —

Julia Malleck, Quartz, 2 June 2023 Workers themselves were marginalized, minimized, segmented, separated and stratified. —

Jay Steven Levin, Forbes, 6 May 2022 All of this led to the formation of multi-community settlements with stratified political and economic structures. —

Agustín Fuentes, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2020 The longer the lake is stratified, the less time that nutrients are available to phytoplankton throughout the open water. —

Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023 Yet, insufficient attention has been paid towards greater disability inclusion within more niche and stratified segments of the media and entertainment industry – music videos being a prime example. —

Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2022 See More

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