stratification
noun
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If you look for it, you'll find stratification almost everywhere. On a tall rain-forest tree, there may be different air plants clinging to it, different insects crawling on it, and different mammals making their homes at different levels. The earth beneath you may be stratified into several distinctive layers within the first 20 feet. If the wind you're feeling is moving at 10 miles per hour, at 30 feet above your head it may be 20 mph, and in the jet stream above that it may be 150 mph. If you climb a high mountain in Himalayas, you may begin in a lush, wet forest and end up in a windswept environment where not even lichen will grow.
Examples of stratification in a Sentence
Giorgi Minasovi and Jonathan Jk Stoltman, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
Throughout the book, Kumar keeps his eye on questions of class and social stratification.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Many native flower seeds also need a cold duration for stratification in order to have healthy germination come spring and summer.
—Tamara Yakaboski, The Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2024
Without ice, the lakes' upper levels will likely warm even more quickly than usual, contributing to thermal stratification, in which layers of colder and warmer water form.
—Todd Richmond, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
The Bronze Age followed, rife with social stratification, warrior elites and feuding states.
—Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
Finally, a reminder that AI excels in a number of complex activities (variance analysis, pattern recognition, automation, risk stratification, information processing, etc.) and falls short in uniquely human activities like reasoning, judgment, imagination, empathy, creativity and problem-solving.
—Mariya Filipova, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Hopefully, this research will reveal some new and effective targets for the diagnosis, monitoring, stratification, and treatment of this suite of diseases.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
The stratification of the varying rules can be mind-blowing, said Agoglia Hoeltzel, who is also Cigna’s global chief accounting officer.
—Mark Maurer, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
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“Stratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stratification. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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