stratigraphic

adjective

strat·​i·​graph·​ic ˌstra-tə-ˈgra-fik 

variants or less commonly stratigraphical

ˌstra-tə-ˈgra-fi-kəl 

: of, relating to, or determined by stratigraphy

Examples of stratigraphic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eight samples were selected for additional radiocarbon dating, with at least one bone taken from each stratigraphic level, and another five bones underwent strontium isotope testing. —ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025

Though stratigraphic inversions have been detected in layers of rock in the past, they haven’t been detected at this scale or size, as there are hundreds of North Sea sinkholes that measure around a kilometer (over half a mile) across or more. —Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2025

Had the Earth really entered a new epoch, in the stratigraphic sense of the term? —Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024

This data was then cross-referenced with anthropological and stratigraphic findings to reconstruct the perimortem and postmortem history of those victims. —Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2023

Before digging at Tell al Hiba, the Penn and Pisa archaeologists used drone photography, thermal imaging, magnetometry and micro-stratigraphic sampling to see what was under the surface. —Dave Kindy, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stratigraphic

• autographic
• biographic
• calligraphic
• cartographic
• cryptographic
• demographic
• epigraphic
• ethnographic
• geographic
• holographic
• hydrographic
• lithographic