stratification

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: strat=i=fi=ca=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

stratification, n. [Cf. F. stratification.].

•  The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.  [1913 Webster]
•  The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

stratification

analysis, arrangement, cataloging, categorization, classification, codification, delamination, desquamation, division, exfoliation, filing, flakiness, foliation, furfuration, grading, grouping, indexing, lamellation, lamination, pigeonholing, placement, ranging, ranking, rating, scaliness, sorting, subdivision, tabulation, taxonomy, typology

ROGET THESAURUS

stratification

Layer

N layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.

Texture

N texture, structure (form), organization, anatomy, frame, mold, fabric, construction, framework, carcass, architecture, stratification, cleavage, substance, stuff, compages, parenchyma, constitution, staple, organism, organography, osteology, myology, splanchnology, neurology, angiography, adeology, angiography, adenography, texture, surface texture, intertexture, contexture, tissue, grain, web, surface, warp and woof, warp and weft, tooth, nap, flatness (smoothness), fineness of grain, coarseness of grain, dry goods, silk, satin, muslin, burlap, histology, structural, organic, anatomic, anatomical, textural, textile, fine grained, coarse grained, fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny, coarse, homespun, rough, gritty, smooth, smooth as silk, smooth as satin.