stratum
One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
Other meanings
A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.
Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers.
Related words
- adstratum
- crystallostratum
- epistratum
- lateral stratum
- mediostratum
- midstratum
- overstratum
- phylostratum
- spongiostratum
- stratal
- stratarchy
- stratigraphic
Word history
From Latin "strātum".
Where this comes from
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