stratification Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata
  2. noun the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group
    social stratification.
  3. noun forming or depositing in layers
  4. noun a layered configuration
  5. noun the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination

WordNet

Strat`i*fi*ca"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. stratification.
Definitions
  1. The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.
  2. (Physiol.) The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance.

Webster 1913