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Meanings of stratum in English

Russian
пласт
Portuguese
estrato geológico
Catalan
estrat
Spanish
estrato
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Layer of sedimentary rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics.

пласт
Portuguese
estrato

An amount of a certain material spread out relatively even over a surface; often seen as part of a structure composed of several similar or dissimilar such.

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estrato
Portuguese
classe
Catalan
classe
Spanish
clase

People having the same social, economic, or educational status.

classe
Portuguese
estrato

Language that influences, or is influenced by another through contact.

estrato
Usage of stratum in English
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She knew well that gladiators occupied an odd stratum in Roman society.
Roma Victrix
2
The Samaritans were a despised lower stratum of the population of Palestine.
The Essentials of Spirituality
3
The stratum of air lying up at the ceiling was comparatively cold.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885
4
Moreover, a fossil once having disappeared never reappears in any later stratum.
A History of Science — Volume 3
5
And over the old hopes time has brought a stratum of new.
The Art of Public Speaking
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There were no stars among them and none of the lowest stratum.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
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He had gone back to primal stratum: stolen and labored and adventured.
The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American...
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The British, he believes, are experts at chronicling each stratum's many sub-divisions.
BBC
9
There was a stratum of common clay under the rock of marble.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
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Marius tapped a lower stratum, and allowed the Capite Censi to volunteer.
The Gracchi Marius and Sulla / Epochs of Ancient History
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These defects were correlated with stratum granulosum attenuation and reduced filaggrin expression.
Pubmed
12
The surface is covered with ciliated epithelium, a stratum of ectodermic cells.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
13
Four feet down, the bucket's teeth had bitten into a third stratum.
Spider bones: a novel
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Under a clayish surface soil, there was a stratum of solid chalk.
Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
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A stratum of ashes, charcoal, and burned clay was associated with them.
Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made Durin...
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This, of course, carried then gossip into another stratum of society altogether.
The Vision of Desire
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Translations for stratum
Russian
пласт
Stratum through the time
Stratum across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common