stratified
adjective
strat·i·fied
ˈstra-tə-ˌfīd 
1
: formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata
Such forced ascent of stable air leads to the formation of a stratified cloud layer that is large horizontally compared to its thickness.—
Frederick K. Lutgens et al.
Frederick K. Lutgens et al.The epidermis is a stratified squamous epithelium forming the barrier that excludes harmful microbes and retains body fluids.—Terry Lechler et al.
Terry Lechler et al.2
: divided into social classes
Through farming and fishing, they supported a dense population and highly stratified society that constructed irrigation canals, pyramids, palaces, and temples.—Christopher B. Donnan
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Meanwhile, the Arctic Ocean, once a warm and stratified basin, saw its surface waters cool significantly, eventually allowing sea ice to form.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
But like ants around a stray potato chip, language has to gather around something, and in The Barbarians, that something is a stratified story.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
The golden mounds that rise 600 feet from the valley floor are framed by the red-and-white stratified sandstone of the Last Chance Mountains.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
Although much of it was filmed in Ontario, the series has a good sense of Philadelphia as a stratified powder keg of a city.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
But like ants around a stray potato chip, language has to gather around something, and in The Barbarians, that something is a stratified story.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
The golden mounds that rise 600 feet from the valley floor are framed by the red-and-white stratified sandstone of the Last Chance Mountains.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
Although much of it was filmed in Ontario, the series has a good sense of Philadelphia as a stratified powder keg of a city.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for stratified
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stratified
adjective
strat·i·fied
ˈstrat-ə-ˌfīd
: arranged in layers
especially
: of, relating to, or being an epithelium consisting of more than one layer of cells
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